1964 ⟶ Gell-Mann and Zweig Propose Quarks
Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig: postulates quarks, leadin...
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🔬 Michelson-Morley Experiment Disproves Aether
Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley: Michelson–Morley experiment which showed a lack of evidence for the aether.⟶
PhysicsRelativityGlobal ImpactScientific Revolution
United States⚛️ Antimatter First Synthesized
Antimatter first produced.⟶
PhysicsParticle PhysicsFundamental ParticlesExperimental PhysicsDiscovery
United States⚛️ Wu's Experiment Reveals Parity Violation in Weak Interactions
Chien Shiung Wu: demonstrated that parity, and thus charge conjugation and time-reversals, are violated for weak interactions⟶
PhysicsParticle PhysicsExperimental PhysicsQuantum Mechanics20th Century Science
United States⚛️ Gell-Mann and Zweig Propose Quarks
Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig: postulates quarks, leading to the standard model⟶
PhysicsParticle PhysicsStandard ModelTheoretical Physics
United States🔭 Discovery of Indirect Evidence for Gravitational Waves in a Binary Pulsar
Russell Alan Hulse and Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. discover indirect evidence for gravitational wave radiation in the Hulse–Taylor binary⟶
PhysicsAstrophysicsRelativityGravitational WavesRadio Astronomy20th Century Science
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