Section name |
Byte count |
Section total
|
(Top) |
347 |
347
|
Discoveries |
18 |
82,589
|
Archaeology |
21 |
811
|
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus) (1891) |
790 |
790
|
Astronomy |
18 |
12,029
|
Columba (constellation) (1592) |
610 |
610
|
Novaya Zemlya effect (1597) |
316 |
316
|
12 southern constellations (1597–1598) |
3,224 |
3,224
|
Camelopardalis (constellation) (1612–1613) |
418 |
418
|
Monoceros (constellation) (1612–1613) |
252 |
252
|
Rings of Saturn (1655) |
472 |
472
|
Titan (Saturn's moon) (1655) |
382 |
382
|
Kapteyn's Star (1897) |
595 |
595
|
Discovery of evidence for galactic rotation (1904) |
528 |
528
|
Galactic halo (1924) |
214 |
214
|
Oort constants (1927) |
226 |
226
|
Evidence of dark matter (1932) |
509 |
509
|
Discovery of methane in the atmosphere of Titan (1944) |
995 |
995
|
Discovery of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars (1947) |
518 |
518
|
Miranda (Uranus's moon) (1948) |
221 |
221
|
Nereid (Neptune's moon) (1949) |
313 |
313
|
Oort cloud (1950) |
1,774 |
1,774
|
Kuiper belt (1951) |
444 |
444
|
Biology |
16 |
9,681
|
Function of the fallopian tubes (1660s) |
474 |
474
|
Development of ovarian follicles (1672) |
1,068 |
1,068
|
Foundations of microbiology (discovery of microorganisms) (1670s) |
2,917 |
2,917
|
Photosynthesis (1779) |
1,915 |
1,915
|
Plant respiration (1779) |
97 |
97
|
Foundations of virology (1898) |
748 |
748
|
Chemistry of photosynthesis (1931) |
1,001 |
1,001
|
Foundations of modern ethology (Tinbergen's four questions) (1930s) |
1,264 |
1,264
|
Vroman effect (1975) |
181 |
181
|
Chemistry |
18 |
6,608
|
Concept of gas (1600s) |
317 |
317
|
Foundations of stereochemistry (1874) |
1,392 |
1,392
|
Foundations of modern physical chemistry (1880s) |
712 |
712
|
Van 't Hoff equation (1884) |
940 |
940
|
Van 't Hoff factor (1884) |
513 |
513
|
Lobry de Bruyn–van Ekenstein transformation (1885) |
514 |
514
|
Prins reaction (1919) |
582 |
582
|
Hafnium (1923) |
327 |
327
|
Crystal bar process (1925) |
433 |
433
|
Koopmans' theorem (1934) |
860 |
860
|
Genetics |
17 |
1,108
|
Concept of pangene/gene (1889) |
441 |
441
|
Rediscovery the laws of inheritance (1900) |
650 |
650
|
Geology |
16 |
730
|
Bushveld Igneous Complex (1897) |
714 |
714
|
Mathematics |
20 |
5,644
|
Differential geometry of curves (concepts of the involute and evolute of a curve) (1673) |
402 |
402
|
Korteweg–de Vries equation (1895) |
711 |
711
|
Proof of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem (1911) |
219 |
219
|
Proof of the hairy ball theorem (1912) |
679 |
679
|
Debye functions (1912) |
247 |
247
|
Kramers–Kronig relations (1927) |
830 |
830
|
Heyting algebra (formalized intuitionistic logic) (1930) |
624 |
624
|
Zernike polynomials (1934) |
368 |
368
|
Minnaert function (1941) |
1,544 |
1,544
|
Mechanics |
18 |
7,872
|
Proof of the law of equilibrium on an inclined plane (1586) |
850 |
850
|
Centripetal force (1659) |
2,488 |
2,488
|
Centrifugal force (1659) |
194 |
194
|
Formula for the period of mathematical pendulum (1659) |
1,517 |
1,517
|
Tautochrone curve (isochrone curve) (1659) |
1,780 |
1,780
|
Coupled oscillation (spontaneous synchronization) (1665) |
1,025 |
1,025
|
Medicine |
17 |
1,466
|
Foundations of modern (human) anatomy (1543) |
456 |
456
|
Crystals in gouty tophi (1679) |
257 |
257
|
Boerhaave syndrome (1724) |
460 |
460
|
Factor V Leiden (1994) |
276 |
276
|
Microbiology |
21 |
9,536
|
Blood cells (1658) |
390 |
390
|
Red blood cells (1658) |
202 |
202
|
Micro-organisms (1670s) |
4,968 |
4,968
|
Biological nitrogen fixation (1885) |
131 |
131
|
Rhizobium (1888) |
575 |
575
|
Spirillum (first isolated sulfate-reducing bacteria) (1895) |
715 |
715
|
Concept of virus (1898) |
1,554 |
1,554
|
Azotobacter (1901) |
806 |
806
|
Enrichment culture (1904) |
174 |
174
|
Physics |
16 |
27,086
|
31 equal temperament (1661) |
1,352 |
1,352
|
Polarization of light (1678) |
460 |
460
|
Huygens' principle (concepts of the wavefront and wavelet) (1690) |
272 |
272
|
Bernoulli's principle (1738) |
342 |
342
|
Brownian motion (1785) |
219 |
219
|
Buys Ballot's law (1857) |
645 |
645
|
Foundations of molecular physics (1873) |
1,704 |
1,704
|
Van der Waals equation of state (1873) |
1,373 |
1,373
|
Van der Waals forces (1873) |
784 |
784
|
Van der Waals radius (1873) |
521 |
521
|
Law of corresponding states (1880) |
714 |
714
|
Lorentz ether theory (1892) |
539 |
539
|
Lorentz force law (1892) |
2,101 |
2,101
|
Abraham–Lorentz force (1895) |
369 |
369
|
Lorentz transformation (1895) |
791 |
791
|
Lorentz contraction (1895) |
486 |
486
|
Lorentz factor (1895) |
675 |
675
|
Zeeman effect (1896) |
1,754 |
1,754
|
Liquid helium (liquefaction of helium) (1908) |
623 |
623
|
Superconductivity (1911) |
847 |
847
|
Einstein–de Haas effect (1910s) |
394 |
394
|
Debye model (1912) |
910 |
910
|
De Sitter precession (1916) |
461 |
461
|
De Sitter space and anti-de Sitter space (1920s) |
984 |
984
|
Van der Pol oscillator (1920) |
503 |
503
|
Kramers' opacity law (1923) |
780 |
780
|
Electron spin (1925) |
224 |
224
|
Solidification of helium (1926) |
222 |
222
|
Ehrenfest theorem (1927) |
184 |
184
|
De Haas–van Alphen effect (1930) |
374 |
374
|
Shubnikov–de Haas effect (1930) |
187 |
187
|
Kramers degeneracy theorem (1930) |
483 |
483
|
Minnaert resonance frequency (1933) |
765 |
765
|
Casimir effect (1948) |
679 |
679
|
Tellegen's theorem (1952) |
447 |
447
|
Stochastic cooling (1970s) |
337 |
337
|
Renormalization of gauge theories (1971) |
1,270 |
1,270
|
Holographic principle (1993) |
1,295 |
1,295
|
References |
30 |
30
|
External links |
650 |
650
|
Total |
83,616 |
83,616
|