Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
18 January 2011
Science Timeline
12,000 BCE to 1,000 BCE
Domestication of animals to smelting iron
From thoughts about atoms in Ancient Greece
to the brilliant mathematics of Archimedes
in the third century BCE
Oriental science and technology makes advances while Europe stumbles around in the Dark Ages
until it emerges with the medical school of Salerno
From Gutenberg’s printing press (1454)
to the revolutionary work of Galileo Galilei (1564-
Mathematics, medicine, and physics
advanced in the 17th century
The period from 1701 to 1780 has been called
the Age of Reason. Others call the years
from 1650 to 1800 the Age of Enlightenment
Mid-
precedes the Industrial Revolution
Charles Darwin shocks the world with his theory of evolution while others explore the beginnings of computer science and gain a better understanding of electricity
From complex mathematics, through
medical science to electromagnetism and radiation
Albert Einstein proposes the theory of relativity, an idea that promises to unlock a host of mysteries
From life saving advancements in medicine to
life destroying developments in nuclear science
With the end of World War II in 1945 scientists were able
to turn their attention to such knotty problems
as the origins of the Universe and of life
Science Timeline Part Thirteen
Gene therapy, stem cells, human consciousness,
the Grand Unified Theory, and some, perhaps fanciful, glimpses into the future