A lifetime olf science?

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--------- #1463 - A Lifetime of Science. 3 decades 1930 to 1960.
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- #1464 3 decades 1960 to 1990
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- #1465 Science in 2 decades 1990 to 2010
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- #1466 Science last year in 2011.
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- 1930 Pluto was discovered.
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- Vitamin C was discovered, huxuronic acid.
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- 1931 Heavy hydrogen was discovered, deuterium.
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- Mayan glyphs were deciphered.
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- 1932 the neutron was discovered in particle physics.
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- Anti-matter was discovered, the anti-electron, called the positron.
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- 1933 Radio astronomy was first invented.
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- Defibrillation was first used, a strong electric shock used to restore heartbeats
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- 1934 radioactivity created by bombarding boron with helium nuclei, called alpha particles.
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- Acetycholine discovered to control muscle movements.
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- 1935 alpha and beta electrical waves discovered in the brain.
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- 1936 Sulfanilamides, antibiotics, to fight streptococcus infections.
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- 1937 Muon, heavy electrons, discovered in Cosmic Ray bombardments in the upper atmosphere.
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- 1938 Nylon was invented to be a synthetic “ silk”.
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- The Sun power source discovered to be hydrogen fusing into helium.
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- 1939 Germany first split uranium atoms releasing energy.
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- Fluorine added to drinking water to reduce cavities.
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- 1940 radar proposed for airplane navigation.
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- Lascaux, France, discover of 30,000 year old prehistoric art.
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- 1941 Carbon 14 decay used for dating 20,000 year old objects. I was born.
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- 1942 University of Chicago produces self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
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- 1943 Epidural nerve blocks used in child birth.
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- 1944 DDT proved toxic to humans.
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- 1945 2 nuclear bombs dropped on Japan ending WWII.
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- 1946 ENIAC, University of Pennsylvania developed the first digital computer.
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- 1947 chemicals in mice cause mutations.
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- Atomic clocks are accurate to 1 millionth of a second.
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- Transistor shown to replace vacuum tubes in Bell Labs.
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- 1948 Photosynthesis defined by science.
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- 1949 DNA discovered in genes
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- 1950 antibiotic aureomycin boosts growth of livestock.
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- 1951 Polio virus used to vaccinate mice.
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- Cholesterol in diet linked to atherosclerosis in blood vessels.
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- 1952 I hit a ground rule double in little league.
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- 1953 DNA double helix structure discovered.
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- 1954 Chlorpromazine used to sedate mental patients.
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- Neutrinos detected in particle physics.
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- 1955 smoking harms the heart.
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- subatomic particles detected in bubble chambers.
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- 1956 Steroids discovered to block cholesterol formation.
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- 1957 Conservation of parity broken for left-handed and right-handed subatomic particles.
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- Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 with astronaut dog.
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- 1958 Explorer 1 is United States first satellite.
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- Explorer 3 discovers high radiation levels above 660 miles altitude.
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- Diabetes discovered Type 1 when little insulin is made by the body and Type 2 when the body does not use its insulin well.
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- 1959 Virus’s discovered to hijack cell’s ability for reproduction.
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- Oldest human skull discovered in East Africa.
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