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Science & Technology
5 events in this theme.
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: On the Origin of Species Is Published
On 24 November 1859, John Murray of London published Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The entire first printing was taken up by the book trade on publication day — and biology has been reorganized around it ever since.
"Mr. Watson — Come Here": The First Telephone Call
On 10 March 1876, in a Boston boarding-house laboratory, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first intelligible sentence by telephone to his assistant Thomas Watson — three days after his patent was issued.
Twelve Seconds at Kitty Hawk: The First Powered Flight
On 17 December 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers achieved the first sustained, controlled, powered flight of a heavier-than-air craft.
The Secret of Life: Cracking the Structure of DNA
On 28 February 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the double-helix structure of DNA at Cambridge, revealing how living things copy and pass on their genetic information.
The Web Goes Public: Tim Berners-Lee Posts the First Website
On 6 August 1991, a researcher at CERN named Tim Berners-Lee posted a short message announcing the World Wide Web and put the first website online — inviting anyone, anywhere, to join a project that would remake the world.