The Best Ever Scientific Discovery in History
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When you have decided which discovery you would like to research, try using this Sweetsearch searchbox.
Sweetsearch is a search engine designed to help students find reliable information.
First, think of some keywords associated with the topic you are interested in, then use your keywords to search for information using Sweetsearch.
Examples of keywords
Best Scientific Discoveries
Watch The Discovery Channel's Top Ten of the Greatest Discoveries.
(You may not be able to view this video on the school computers)
Fact Monster - Life-changing Science Discoveries
Check out the 'Fact Monster' website for their list of important scientific discoveries.
Other useful websites...
- BBC World Service - Eureka!Listen to podcasts discussing some of the great scientific discoveries which have changed our world forever.
- How Stuff Works - A thousand years of discoveryRead about major scientific discoveries in the last thousand years.
- History Learning Site - Scientific InventionsThis site looks at the important scientific inventions from 1900 onward.
- Wikipedia - Timeline of Scientific DiscoveriesThis page includes a timeline showing the date of publication of major scientific theories and discoveries, along with the discoverer. In many cases, the discovery spanned several years. Don't forget to check the facts by looking at other reliable information sources.
- Maryville University - Online Learning Fun With PhysicsThis page on the Maryville University website contains links to various fun ways of learning about a variety of topics such as gravity, thermodynamics, and more.
Books in the Senior Library
The history of science and technology : a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today by Call Number: Library - Reference 509ISBN: 0618221239
The science book by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 509ISBN: 0304359181This lavishly illustrated book features 250 of the most significant milestones in the history of scientific discovery.
Serendipity : accidental discoveries in science by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 509ISBN: 0471602035Read about some of the most dramatic and amusing serendipitous discoveries in science history.
A really short history of nearly everything by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 509ISBN: 0385614802This book explores the mysteries of scientific discovery.
The science class you wish you had-- : the seven greatest scientific discoveries in history and the people who made them by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 500ISBN: 0399523138An introduction to science's most profound discoveries.
A short history of nearly everything by Call Number: Library - SFC - Science - 500ISBN: 0552151742This is a book about how science works, and how scientists know what they know.
