AvneetKaur Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I am student of bsc.(hons.)physics..i need to discuss any of the experiment that changed the world..i have tried but i need some more suggestions..some of the experiments i found revolutionary are listed below..1. henery cavendish weighing the earth2. young's double slit experiment3.Rutherford's work on atoms4.michelson morley experiment5.Faraday's work in electromagnetism6.Archimedes discovery of upthrustplease suggest more and help me to choose one most revolutionary experiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I'd suggest almost any published experiment from more than 20 years ago, many from less time than that. Someone once said something about the shoulders of giants. That's not changed much in the 300 years since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) please suggest more and help me to choose one most revolutionary experiment... 7. Cloud Chamber.. It allowed visualization of radioactive decays, cosmic rays, and detection of plentiful of new charged particles, positron, muon, pion, kaon, etc. 3.Rutherford's work on atoms On this video you can see Rutherford's Gold Foil experiment performed inside of Cloud Chamber. Edited February 25, 2017 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Any of Newton's work on optics. Hooke's studies of elasticity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermack Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Microwave background radiation discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Microwave background radiation discovery. Which was more an accident than a targeted experiment, but that is interesting in itself. (So pigeons had a role to play in evolutionary theory and Big Bang theory.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Which was more an accident than a targeted experiment, but that is interesting in itself. (So pigeons had a role to play in evolutionary theory and Big Bang theory.) Just another excremental advancement in science... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermack Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I would say that the first nuclear bomb test changed the world for all time as well. Maybe not for the better, but it was definitely the most influential experiment of the last century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Millikan oil drop Stern-Gerlach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveupson Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Galileo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat1 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 How about Tesla's work on AC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sriman Dutta Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Galileo's experiment on falling bodies from the Leaning Tower of Pisa J.J. Thompson's experiment on cathode rays in a discharge tube Rutherford's gold foil experiment Henry Becquerel's investigation on the radioactivity of uranium samples Oersted's experiment Faraday's experiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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