By Series - Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series

  1. Gamow Explains Radioactive Alpha-Decay with Quantum Tunneling
  2. Geiger and Rutherford Develop the Geiger Counter
  3. Gell-Mann Formulates the Theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
  4. A Gene That Can Suppress the Cancer Retinoblastoma Is Discovered
  5. A Genetically Engineered Vaccine for Hepatitis B Is Approved for Use
  6. Georgi and Glashow Develop the First Grand Unified Theory
  7. Geothermal Power Is Produced for the First Time
  8. The German Meteor Expedition Discovers the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  9. The Germans Use the V-1 Flying Bomb and the V-2 Goes into Production
  10. Giacconi and Associates Discover the First Known X-Ray Source Outside the Solar System
  11. Gibbon Develops the Heart-Lung Machine
  12. Glenn Is the First American to Orbit Earth
  13. The Glomar Challenger Obtains Thousands of Ocean Floor Samples
  14. Goddard Launches the First Liquid Fuel Propelled Rocket
  15. Gödel Proves Incompleteness-Inconsistency for Formal Systems, Including Arithmetic
  16. Gorgas Develops Effective Methods for Controlling Mosquitoes
  17. Griess Constructs “the Monster,” the Last Sporadic Group
  18. Grijns Proposes That Beriberi Is Caused by a Nutritional Deficiency
  19. Gruentzig Uses Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, via a Balloon Catheter, to Unclog Diseased Arteries
  20. Gutenberg Discovers the Earth’s Mantle-Outer Core Boundary
  21. Haber Develops a Process for Extracting Nitrogen from the Air
  22. Hahn Splits an Atom of Uranium
  23. Haldane Develops Stage Decompression for Deep-Sea Divers
  24. Hale Constructs the Largest Telescope of the Time
  25. Hale Discovers Strong Magnetic Fields in Sunspots
  26. Hale Establishes Mount Wilson Observatory
  27. Hale Oversees the Installation of the Hooker Telescope on Mount Wilson
  28. Harrison Observes the Development of Nerve Fibers in the Laboratory
  29. Hartmann Discovers the First Evidence of Interstellar Matter
  30. Heeger and MacDiarmid Discover That Iodine-Doped Polyacetylene Conducts Electricity
  31. Heezen and Ewing Discover the Midoceanic Ridge
  32. Heisenberg Articulates the Uncertainty Principle
  33. Hertzsprung Describes Giant and Dwarf Stellar Divisions
  34. Hertzsprung Notes the Relationship Between Color and Luminosity of Stars
  35. Hertzsprung Uses Cepheid Variables to Calculate the Distances to Stars
  36. Hess Concludes the Debate on Continental Drift
  37. Hess Discovers Cosmic Rays Through High-Altitude Ionizations
  38. Hilbert Develops a Model for Euclidean Geometry in Arithmetic
  39. Hodgkin Solves the Structure of Penicillin
  40. Hofmann Synthesizes the Potent Psychedelic Drug LSD-25
  41. Hofstadter Discovers That Protons and Neutrons Each Have a Structure
  42. Hominid Fossils Are Gathered in the Same Place for Concentrated Study
  43. Hopkins Discovers Tryptophan, an Essential Amino Acid
  44. Hopkins Suggests That Food Contains Vitamins Essential to Life
  45. Hopper Invents the Computer Language COBOL
  46. Horsfall Announces That Cancer Results from Alterations in the DNA of Cells
  47. Hounsfield Introduces a CAT Scanner That Can See Clearly into the Body
  48. Hubble Confirms the Expanding Universe
  49. Hubble Demonstrates That Other Galaxies Are Independent Systems
  50. Hubble Determines the Distance to the Andromeda Nebula