1876 ⟶ Josiah Willard Gibbs Formulates Chemical Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule
Josiah Willard Gibbs founded chemical thermodynamics, the ph...
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⚛️ Josiah Willard Gibbs Formulates Chemical Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule
Josiah Willard Gibbs founded chemical thermodynamics, the phase rule.⟶
ThermodynamicsChemistryPhysical ChemistryScientific RevolutionGlobal ImpactPhysics
United States🪐 Asaph Hall Discovers Martian Moons
Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars.⟶
AstronomySpace ExplorationPlanetary ScienceMars
United States🔬 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⚛️ Lars Onsager Formulates Reciprocal Relations in Thermodynamics
Lars Onsager's reciprocal relations, a potential fourth law of thermodynamics⟶
PhysicsThermodynamicsTheoretical Physics20th Century ScienceNobel PrizePhysical Chemistry
NorwayUnited States🧪 Willard Libby Begins Radiocarbon Dating Research
Willard Libby began his work on radiocarbon dating. He published his paper in 1946, a second paper in Science in 1947. Libby and James Arnold succeeded with the radiocarbon dating theory after results were published in Science in December 1949.⟶
ArchaeologyPhysicsChemistryHistory
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
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