What do you think is the greatest discovery in science and how has it impacted peoples lives?
2007-11-12 07:49:13 · 3 answers · asked by knownothingguy00 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Last year I was faced with a similar question and my answer was the discovery of the DNA (credits given to Rosalind Franklin, James D. Watson and Francis Crick). Now with a year in between I still have the same answer. The discovery of the DNA opened the science to new horizons, horizons which are still being discovered today. It is being used in genetic engineering, forensic studies and even in medical studies.
On a book I read that before Albert Einstein published his papers the scientific community thought that it had discovered everything that there had to be discovered (more or less), somehow I doubt it. Whatever the answer is I think that we owe a lot to Albert Einstein because he managed to remove boundaries that one couldn't possibly break in those days. (Some of the theories he came up with are still being verified today, isn't it?)
2007-11-12 12:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by WASABI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be the discovery of vaccines because many diseases that used to kill tons of people, especially children, do not affect us anymore.
2007-11-12 07:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by luckyflirt_26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hand-washing
Stopped the spread of germs.
2007-11-12 07:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Blessed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋