Discovery and invention facts
Who found or invented it, and when. 650 facts.
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of continuum hypothesis to Georg Cantor, in 1877.
Source: Wikipedia: Continuum hypothesis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q208416 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Chinese room to John Searle, in 1980.
Source: Wikipedia: Chinese room (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q304726 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of double-slit experiment to Thomas Young, in 1801.
Source: Wikipedia: Double-slit experiment (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q217785 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Phaistos disc to Luigi Pernier, in 1908.
Source: Wikipedia: Phaistos Disc (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q465338 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Maillard reaction to Louis Camille Maillard, in 1912.
Source: Wikipedia: Maillard reaction (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q647574 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Iris Nebula to William Herschel, in 1794.
Source: Wikipedia: Iris Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q649379 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Kegel exercise to Arnold Kegel, in 1947.
Source: Wikipedia: Kegel exercise (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q813690 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Angelman syndrome to Harry Angelman, in 1965.
Source: Wikipedia: Angelman syndrome (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q535364 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 33 to Albert Marth, in 1864.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 33 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q43780 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Catalan number to Minggatu, in 1800.
Source: Wikipedia: Catalan number (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q270513 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of goalball to Natalie Örnkvist, in 1946.
Source: Wikipedia: Goalball (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q647559 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of kinetoscope to Thomas Edison, in 1889.
Source: Wikipedia: Kinetoscope (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q669700 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bechdel test to Alison Bechdel, in 1985.
Source: Wikipedia: Bechdel test (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4165246 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Kaffeklubben Island to Robert Peary, in 1900.
Source: Wikipedia: Kaffeklubben Island (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q826471 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of hook and loop fastener to George de Mestral, in 1941.
Source: Wikipedia: Velcro (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15411420 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Francis turbine to James Bicheno Francis, in 1849.
Source: Wikipedia: Francis turbine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q217817 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of chicken nugget to Robert C. Baker, in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia: Chicken nugget (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1072190 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Red Spider Nebula to Edward Charles Pickering, in 1882.
Source: Wikipedia: Red Spider Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q80941707 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of breadth-first search to Konrad Zuse, in 1945.
Source: Wikipedia: Breadth-first search (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q325904 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 98 to John Frederick William Herschel, in 1834.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 98 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q733867 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 97 to John Frederick William Herschel, in 1828.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 97 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q754937 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of North Magnetic Pole to James Clark Ross, in 1831.
Source: Wikipedia: North magnetic pole (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q842763 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of stroboscope to Simon von Stampfer, in 1830.
Source: Wikipedia: Stroboscope (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q178873 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 44 to John Frederick William Herschel, in 1827.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 44 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q49666 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 54 to Wilhelm Tempel, in 1886.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 54 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q50649 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Jewel Box to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1751.
Source: Wikipedia: Jewel Box (star cluster) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q725477 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Penrose triangle to Lionel Penrose and Roger Penrose, in 1934.
Source: Wikipedia: Penrose triangle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12141 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Rosette Nebula to Lewis A. Swift, in 1871.
Source: Wikipedia: Rosette Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q108041 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 65 to Frank Muller, in 1886.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 65 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q370064 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Crescent Nebula to William Herschel, in 1792.
Source: Wikipedia: Crescent Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q202993 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Tempel 1 to Wilhelm Tempel, in 1867.
Source: Wikipedia: Tempel 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q334755 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Ichthyosaurus to Mary Anning, in 1811.
Source: Wikipedia: Ichthyosaurus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q131565 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of binary search tree to Andrew Donald Booth, in 1960.
Source: Wikipedia: Binary search tree (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q623818 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Poynting vector to John Henry Poynting, in 1884.
Source: Wikipedia: Poynting vector (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q504186 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Lie group to Sophus Lie, in 1870.
Source: Wikipedia: Lie group (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q622679 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bernoulli number to Jacob Bernoulli and Takakazu Seki, in 1710.
Source: Wikipedia: Bernoulli number (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q694114 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Kaplan turbine to Viktor Kaplan, in 1913.
Source: Wikipedia: Kaplan turbine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q213947 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of rhumb line to Pedro Nunes, in 1537.
Source: Wikipedia: Rhumb line (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q215169 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of IS/LM model to John Richard Hicks, in 1936.
Source: Wikipedia: IS–LM model (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q214270 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of many-worlds interpretation to Hugh Everett III, in 1957.
Source: Wikipedia: Many-worlds interpretation (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q40590 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Orionids to Adolphe Quetelet and Edward Claudius Herrick, in 1839.
Source: Wikipedia: Orionids (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q374114 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of heapsort to J. W. J. Williams, in 1964.
Source: Wikipedia: Heapsort (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q474095 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of phénakistoscope to Joseph Plateau, in 1832.
Source: Wikipedia: Phenakistoscope (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q490049 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of xerography to Chester Carlson, in 1940.
Source: Wikipedia: Xerography (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1753339 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Chomsky hierarchy to Noam Chomsky, in 1956.
Source: Wikipedia: Chomsky hierarchy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q190913 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of disruptive innovation to Clayton Christensen, in 1995.
Source: Wikipedia: Disruptive innovation (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1192297 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Grünfeld Defence to Moheschunder Bannerjee, in 1855.
Source: Wikipedia: Grünfeld Defence (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q753005 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Hammond organ to Laurens Hammond, in 1930.
Source: Wikipedia: Hammond organ (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q105891 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pilsner Urquell to Josef Groll, in 1842.
Source: Wikipedia: Pilsner Urquell (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q331630 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Aristarchus to Johannes Hevelius, in 1645.
Source: Wikipedia: Aristarchus (crater) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q542806 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 73 to Lewis A. Swift, in 1886.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 73 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q754072 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Intergalactic Wanderer to William Herschel, in 1788.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 2419 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q744991 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Yagi-Uda antenna to Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro Uda, in 1926.
Source: Wikipedia: Yagi–Uda antenna (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q745829 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pelton wheel to Lester Allan Pelton, in 1878.
Source: Wikipedia: Pelton wheel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q745900 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Hiva-Oa to Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, in 1595.
Source: Wikipedia: Hiva Oa (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q937908 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 94 to Guillaume Bigourdan, in 1884.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 94 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2598377 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 95 to William Herschel, in 1784.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 95 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q632180 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Mask of Agamemnon to Heinrich Schliemann, in 1876.
Source: Wikipedia: Mask of Agamemnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1126741 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 91 to R. J. Mitchell, in 1854.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 91 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q256832 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Koch snowflake to Helge von Koch, in 1904.
Source: Wikipedia: Koch snowflake (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q223137 (CC0)