Sygnificant
events in energy
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Before
people could read and write, fire was discovered to be good
for cooking, heating and scaring wild animals away. Fire was
civilization's first great energy invention, and wood was
the main fuel for a long long time. |
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1600's
Isaak Newton explained the workings of the universe trough
mathematics. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation.
These laws led to measurements and predictions of all things
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1700's
Ben Franklin figured out
that static electricity and lightening were the same. His
correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the
way for the future.
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1800's
Maxwell published mathematical theory of electromagnetic fields
unifying magnetism electricity and light. A new era of physics
was born in the discovery of the four laws of electrodynamics.
"Maxwell equations" led to electric power, radios
and television.
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1900's
Albert
Einstein wrote the theory of relatively unifayng mass, energy,
magnetism, electricity and light. Einstein's formula E=mc2
lead to nuclear medicine, a longer life span, astrophysics,
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