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Jen. Twenty-something physicist and science communicator.

Interests include, but are not limited to, conspiracy theories, animals and cryptography.

bookmarks:
listography GIVE A GIFT OF MEMORIES
FAVORITE LISTOGRAPHY MENTIONS
IMPORTANT NOTICES
MESSAGES
PRIVACY
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Invented by nationals:

  • The decimal point
  • Combs
  • Keyrings
  • Telephones
  • Golf
  • Radar
  • Pneumatic tyre [and probably the wheel haha]
  • Stamps
  • Economics
  • The fountain pen
  • Thread
  • Digestive biscuits
  • Vacuum Flasks
  • Continuous electric light
  • The Stereotype
  • Fax machines
  • Halloween
  • The US Navy
  • The Chilean Navy
  • Pianos
  • The Life Ring
  • Electric clocks
  • The Kelvin Scale
  • Cash Credit
  • Ultrasound
  • Gregorian Telescopes
  • Marmalade
  • The most popular English language song in history
  • Microwaves
  • Penicillin
  • Marmalade
  • Lawnmowers
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • The telegraph
  • MRI scanning
  • Hypodermic syringes
  • Mackintosh Raincoats
  • Lime cordial
  • The kaleidoscope
  • Seismometer
  • Basketball
  • Sociology
  • Radio
  • Science textbooks
  • Artificial diamonds
  • Insulin
  • Toilets
  • Beta-blockers
  • The Bank of England
  • The Bank of France
  • Fingerprinting
  • Tarmac
  • Television
  • Aqualungs
  • The Bicycle [and hence cycling]
  • Gas masks
  • Speedometers
  • Propellers
  • Speedo swimwear
  • The cloud chamber
  • The Steam Engine
  • Geosciences
  • The Historial Novel
  • Fridges
  • Colour photography
  • Antiseptics
  • Reapinh Machine
  • Flailing Machine

Discovered here:

  • Brownian motion
  • Colloid Chemistry
  • Polarisation of light
  • A cure for scurvy
  • A cure for insomnia
  • A cure for malaria
  • The cellular nucleus
  • Sulphuric acid
  • Latent Heat
  • Neptune
  • The Nobel Gases
  • Hypnosis
  • A vaccine for typhoid
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Paraffin
  • Chemical bonds
  • Percussion powder

Other things from here:

  • The first cloned mammal
  • Logarithms
  • The EM equations
  • The first man mentioned in the Bible

So...yeah...pretty much everything, ever?

Including myself.

mar 8 2009 ∞
apr 17 2014 +