Inventions and Discoveries List, Inventor Name, Years

Check the List of Inventions and Discoveries done in various fields along with their Inventor name & Invention years of the invention for various Government exams.

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Inventions and Discoveries

Inventions and discoveries have been crucial in shaping human civilization and advancing knowledge and technology. They range from simple tools and techniques to complex machines and systems that have transformed various aspects of life, such as transportation, communication, healthcare, and entertainment. They have been driven by human curiosity, ingenuity, and problem-solving skills, often leading to new industries, businesses, and job opportunities.

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List of Inventions and Discoveries

Throughout history, there have been countless Inventions and Discoveries that have changed the course of human civilization. Here are some examples of the List of Inventions given below:

Important Inventions & Discoveries List for Government Exams
Wheel Writing Printing press Gunpowder Compass Steam engine Telephone Light bulb Automobile Airplane	Radio Television Penicillin Atomic bomb Computer Internet Smartphone CRISPR gene-editing technology Artificial intelligence Blockchain technology

List of Inventions

Inventions have been instrumental in advancing human civilization, improving quality of life, and addressing complex challenges, by harnessing human creativity, innovation, and scientific knowledge.

S. No	Invention	Inventor	Year of Invention
1	Telephone	Alexander Graham Bell	1876
2	Radio	Guglielmo Marconi	1895
3	Television	Philo Farnsworth	1927
4	Refrigerator	Jacob Perkins	1834
5	Automobile	Karl Benz	1886
6	Airplane	The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)	1903
7	Steam engine	James Watt	1765
8	Penicillin	Alexander Fleming	1928
9	Vaccines	Edward Jenner	1796
10	MRI	Raymond Damadian	1977
11	DNA	James Watson and Francis Crick	1953
12	Genetic engineering	Paul Berg	1972
13	Microscope	Zacharias Janssen and Hans Janssen	1590
14	Telescope	Hans Lippershey	1608
15	Mobile phones	Martin Cooper	1973
16	Printing press	Johannes Gutenberg	1440
17	Photography	Joseph Nicéphore Niépce	1826
18	Film	George Eastman	1888
19	Laser	Theodore H. Maiman	1960
20	Transistor	William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain	1947
21	GPS	Roger L. Easton, Ivan A. Getting and Bradford Parkinson	1978
22	Atomic bomb	J. Robert Oppenheimer and team	1945
23	Nuclear power	Enrico Fermi and team	1942
24	Artificial heart	Robert Jarvik	1982
25	Artificial intelligence	John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon	1956
26	Virtual reality	Ivan Sutherland	1968
27	Quantum mechanics	Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger and others	Early 20th century
28	Superconductivity	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes	1911
29	Radar	Robert Watson	1935
30	Microwave oven	Percy Spencer	1945
31	Telephone	Alexander Graham Bell	1876
32	Radio	Guglielmo Marconi	1895
33	Television	Philo Farnsworth	1927
34	Refrigerator	Jacob Perkins	1834
35	Automobile	Karl Benz	1886

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List of Discoveries

Discoveries have unlocked new knowledge and insights into the natural world, human behaviour, and the universe, by exploring, observing, and analyzing phenomena, and have led to new theories, technologies, and perspectives.

S. No	Discovery	Discoverer	Year of Discovery
1	The structure of DNA	James Watson and Francis Crick	1953
2	Evolution by natural selection	Charles Darwin	1859
3	The laws of thermodynamics	Sadi Carnot, James Prescott Joule, Rudolf Clausius	1824-1865
4	The theory of relativity	Albert Einstein	1905-1915
5	The periodic table	Dmitri Mendeleev	1869
6	Plate tectonics	Alfred Wegener	1912
7	The Big Bang theory	Georges Lemaître	1927
8	Quantum mechanics	Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac	1900-1930s
9	Higgs Boson	Peter Higgs and François Englert	2012
10	Black holes	John Michell and Albert Einstein	1783 and 1916, respectively
11	Exoplanets	Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail	1992
12	Continental Drift	Alfred Wegener	1912
13	The Electron	J.J. Thomson	1897
14	Radioactivity	Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel	1896-1898
15	The Neutron	James Chadwick	1932
16	The Proton	Ernest Rutherford	1917
17	Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation	Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson	1965
18	Gravitational Waves	LIGO Scientific Collaboration	2015
19	Ozone Hole	Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner, and Jonathan Shanklin	1985
20	Greenhouse Effect	Joseph Fourier, John Tyndall, and Svante Arrhenius	1824, 1861, and 1896, respectively
21	Dark Matter	Fritz Zwicky	1933
22	Dark Energy	Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess	1998
23	First Supermassive Black Hole	Maarten Schmidt	1963
24	First Black Hole Merger	LIGO Scientific Collaboration	2015
25	First Gravitational Lens	J. H. Oort and F. Zwicky	1937

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FAQs

What are the famous inventions and discoveries?

Famous inventions and discoveries include the light bulb, telephone, airplane, penicillin, and internet.

What are the 5 greatest inventions of all time?

The 5 greatest inventions of all time include the wheel, printing press, steam engine, electricity, and internet.

What is the Top 10 invention of the world?

The top 10 inventions of the world include the wheel, printing press, telephone, electricity, automobile, airplane, light bulb, computer, internet, and steam engine.

What are 5 new inventions?

5 new inventions include self-driving cars, 3D printing, CRISPR gene editing, drones, and virtual reality.

What was the first invention by a woman?

The first invention by a woman was the dishwasher, patented by Josephine Cochran in 1886.

Which invention is oldest?

The oldest known invention is the wheel, which dates back to around 3500 BCE.

What is the biggest invention in the world?

The biggest invention in the world is subjective, but some may argue it is the internet, which has revolutionized communication, information sharing, and commerce on a global scale.