Discovery and invention facts
Who found or invented it, and when. 650 facts.
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Okinotorishima to Miguel López de Legazpi, in 1565.
Source: Wikipedia: Okinotori (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q908529 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of alto saxophone to Adolphe Sax, in 1846.
Source: Wikipedia: Alto saxophone (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q445275 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Spanning Tree Protocol to Radia Perlman, in 1985.
Source: Wikipedia: Spanning Tree Protocol (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q852555 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of apophenia to Klaus Conrad, in 1958.
Source: Wikipedia: Apophenia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q619675 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Shor's algorithm to Peter Shor, in 1994.
Source: Wikipedia: Shor's algorithm (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q940334 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Stroop effect to John Ridley Stroop, in 1935.
Source: Wikipedia: Stroop effect (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q384176 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Shigir Idol to Josef Szombathy, in 1890.
Source: Wikipedia: Shigir Idol (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4523656 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of variometer to Alexander Lippisch and Robert Kronfeld, in 1929.
Source: Wikipedia: Variometer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q675186 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bird's Opening to Luis Ramírez de Lucena, in 1497.
Source: Wikipedia: Bird's Opening (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q769253 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of ocean thermal energy conversion to Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, in 1881.
Source: Wikipedia: Ocean thermal energy conversion (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1125947 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of semaphore line to Claude Chappe, in 1792.
Source: Wikipedia: Optical telegraph (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q378499 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Ishango bone to Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt, in 1960.
Source: Wikipedia: Ishango bone (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1077717 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of spiral of silence to Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia: Spiral of silence (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q540742 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of enshittification to Cory Doctorow, in 2023.
Source: Wikipedia: Enshittification (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q122584861 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of IC 10 to Lewis A. Swift, in 1887.
Source: Wikipedia: IC 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q27994 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of anpan to Yasube Kimura, in 1874.
Source: Wikipedia: Anpan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q568347 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Spirograph Nebula to Williamina Fleming, in 1891.
Source: Wikipedia: IC 418 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q872204 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Hoag's Object to Arthur Hoag, in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia: Hoag's Object (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q872197 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Sierpinski carpet to Wacław Sierpiński, in 1916.
Source: Wikipedia: Sierpiński carpet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q280081 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Latin square to Choe Seok-jeong, in 1710.
Source: Wikipedia: Latin square (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q679367 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bravais lattice to Auguste Bravais, in 1848.
Source: Wikipedia: Bravais lattice (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q865788 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of relational algebra to Edgar F. Codd, in 1970.
Source: Wikipedia: Relational algebra (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q840540 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Ulam spiral to Stanisław Ulam, in 1963.
Source: Wikipedia: Ulam spiral (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q842172 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of shellsort to Donald L. Shell, in 1959.
Source: Wikipedia: Shellsort (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q848955 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of information architecture to Richard Saul Wurman, in 1976.
Source: Wikipedia: Information architecture (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q845921 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of processed cheese to Fritz Stettler and Walter Gerber, in 1911.
Source: Wikipedia: Processed cheese (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1570052 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of correspondence principle to Niels Bohr, in 1920.
Source: Wikipedia: Correspondence principle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1136644 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Dunbar's number to Robin Dunbar, in 1990.
Source: Wikipedia: Dunbar's number (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1137451 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Catalan Opening to Savielly Tartakower, in 1929.
Source: Wikipedia: Catalan Opening (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1138488 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of quantum Hall effect to Klaus von Klitzing, in 1980.
Source: Wikipedia: Quantum Hall effect (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1047822 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Nicol prism to William Nicol, in 1828.
Source: Wikipedia: Nicol prism (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1343878 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of survival of the fittest to Herbert Spencer, in 1864.
Source: Wikipedia: Survival of the fittest (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q721322 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of RR Lyrae variable to Solon Irving Bailey, in 1895.
Source: Wikipedia: RR Lyrae variable (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q726242 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Abaiang to Thomas Gilbert, in 1788.
Source: Wikipedia: Abaiang (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q304887 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Johari window to Harry Ingham and Joseph Luft, in 1955.
Source: Wikipedia: Johari window (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q652675 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of J/psi meson to Burton Richter and Samuel C. C. Ting, in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia: psi meson (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q876518 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Likert scale to Rensis Likert, in 1932.
Source: Wikipedia: Likert scale (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q617473 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of optical spectrometer to Joseph von Fraunhofer, in 1815.
Source: Wikipedia: Optical spectrometer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q912034 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of aeroponics to Vladimir Artsikhovski, in 1911.
Source: Wikipedia: Aeroponics (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q381640 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of rotoscoping to Max Fleischer, in 1914.
Source: Wikipedia: Rotoscoping (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1046057 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Darlington transistor to Sidney Darlington, in 1953.
Source: Wikipedia: Darlington transistor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q176011 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of radix sort to Herman Hollerith, in 1887.
Source: Wikipedia: Radix sort (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q830223 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of generative adversarial network to Ian Goodfellow, in 2014.
Source: Wikipedia: Generative adversarial network (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q25104379 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Volcano Islands to Bernardo de la Torre, in 1543.
Source: Wikipedia: Volcano Islands (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1141683 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Thucydides Trap to Graham T. Allison, in 2012.
Source: Wikipedia: Thucydides Trap (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47527016 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of smallpox vaccine to Edward Jenner, in 1798.
Source: Wikipedia: Smallpox vaccine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1037810 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of diode bridge to Karol Pollak, in 1895.
Source: Wikipedia: Diode bridge (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1146554 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of photovoltaic effect to Antoine César Becquerel, in 1839.
Source: Wikipedia: Photovoltaic effect (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2075856 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Scott Island to William Colbeck, in 1902.
Source: Wikipedia: Scott Island (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1345909 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of factitious disorder imposed on another to Roy Meadow, in 1977.
Source: Wikipedia: Factitious disorder imposed on another (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1414765 (CC0)