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Greatest scientific discoveries — Yourlist

|RankingsGreatest scientific discoveries

Greatest scientific discoveries

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

Eureka, ranked.

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

Gravity▲ Rising
Era: 1687
added by IJRin 2 rankings
60
Germ theory▲ Rising
Era: 1860s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
34
Evolution by natural selection▲ Rising
Era: 1859
added by IJR
29
General relativity▲ Rising
Era: 1915
added by IJR
14
DNA's double helix
Era: 1953
added by IJR
-3
The heliocentric model▼ Falling
Era: 1543
added by IJR
-9
Quantum mechanics▼ Falling
Era: 1920s
added by IJR
-27
Plate tectonics▼ Falling
Era: 1960s
added by IJR
-46

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DDmitri Mueller10h
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
QQuinn Okafor1d
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.
MMaya Tanaka3d
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
BBruno Silva3d
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.