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Do you know the speciality of the human race? We think, fins resolve and update ourselves to have a better life. In the evolution theory the fastest changing animal and most developed animal is human. The development is caused by the inventions and discoveries by the human beings over the time. The man who hunted and ate raw flesh began to cook it and eat by the discovery of fire. The human being who dragged and carried everything began to ride and drive by the invention of wheels. All these inventions and discoveries update and change the different facets of the human life. So, the inventions and discoveries are a major part of our evolution and to know about the major inventions and discoveries is same as that of knowing our past and present. Not only that understanding about the discoveries and inventions can inspire us and make our future more updated. For government exam perspective to know the invention and discoveries is an important area to crack the exam. let us have a look at the important inventions and discoveries.
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Electronics/ Media/Gadgets Inventions
| Invention/Discovery | Father or Founder | Year |
| Radio | Guglielmo Marconi | First Radio broadcast was in 1900 |
| Transistor | William Shockley | 1947 |
| Telephone | Alexander Grahambell | Patented in 1876 |
| Battery | Alessandro Volta | 1799 |
| Incandescent light bulb | Thomas Alva Edison | 1879 |
| First Hand Held Phone | Martin Cooper | 1970 |
| Television | John Logie Baird | 1925 |
| Computers | Charles Babage | Mid of 1830 |
| Larry Page and Sergey Brin | 1998 | |
| Ray Tomlinson | 1971 | |
| Orkut | Orkut Büyükkökten | 2004 |
| Mark Zuckerburg | 2004 | |
| Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Noah Glass | 2006 | |
| Microsoft | Bill Gates and Paul Allen | 1975 |
| Laptop | Alan Kay | 1976 |
| Android Operating System | Andy Rubin, Nick Sears and Rich Miner | 2003 |
Mechanical Gadgets/ Equipment/vehicles Inventions
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| Inventions/Discovery | Father/Founder | Year |
| Atom Bomb | Julius Robert Oppenheimer
|
1945 |
| Airplane | Wilbur and Orville Wright | 1903 |
| Adhesive tape | Richard G. Drew | 1923 |
| Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli | 1643 |
| Ball Point Pen | John Loud | 1888 |
| Bicycle | Kirkpatrick Macmillan | 1839 |
| Clock Mechanical
|
Hsing and Ling-Tsan | 1725 |
| Diesel Engine | Rudolf Diesel | 1892 |
| Fountain Pen | Lewis Edson Waterman | 1884 |
| Gramophone | Thomas Alva Edison | 1878 |
| Motorcycle | Edward Butler | 1848 |
| Machine Gun | Richard Gatling | 1861 |
| Parachute | Jean Pierre Blanchard | 1785 |
| Steam Ship | J C Perier | 1775 |
| Steam Boat | John Fitch | 1786 |
| Submarine | David Bushnell | 1776 |
| Sewing Machine | Elias Howe | 1846 |
| Typewriter | Peter Mitterhofer | 1841 |
| Vacuum Cleaner | Ives McGuffey | 1869 |
Medicines/Medical /Chemicals Inventions
| Inventions/ Discovery | Founder/Father | Year |
| Vitamin A | Frederick Gowland Hopkins | 1912 |
| Vitamin B | Christiaan Eijkman | 1897 |
| Vitamin C | Albert Szent-Gyorgi | |
| Vitamin K | Henrik Dam | 1929 |
| Vitamin E | Herbert McLean Evans & Katherine Scott Bishop | 1922 |
| Xray | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | 1895 |
| Thermometer | Galileo | 1593 |
| Stethoscope | Rene Laennec | 1816 |
| Pacemaker | Dr. Paul Zoll | 1952 |
| Penicillin | Alexandar Fleming | 1928 |
| Polio Vaccine | Jonas Edward Salk | 1955 |
| Ozone | Christian Schonbein | 1839 |
| Oxygen | Antoine Laurent Lavoisier | 1775 |
| Insulin | Sir Frederick Banting | 1923 |
| Helium | William Ramsay | 1868 |
| Hydrogen | Henry Cavendish | 1766 |
| Fluorine | Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan | 1886 |
| Chlorine | Karl Wilhelm Scheele | 1774 |
| Circulation of blood
|
William Harvey | 1628 |
| Chloroform | E. Soberran | 1831 |
| Aspirin | Dr. Felix Hoffman | 1899 |
Conclusion
This never ever include the comprehensive data of all the inventions that has been made this world wonderful and worst in this single blog. The only thing we tried to execute is to remember the major inventions that changed our lives into an unforgettable and investable way. The blog is just a symbol of non-ending conversation and non-ending calculation since in every minute the genius minds may be thinking of the new inventions that could change our lives forever. Hope the readers who read the blog may invent something for the mankind tomorrow. The readers who haven’t get motivated to invent something through the blog are advised to by heart or remember these invention as it is asked for many competitive examinations. As a competitive exam aspirant, you can never ever forget these discoveries. Enrol Entri to get updated with new inventions and discoveries and other general awareness and thereby cracking any competitive examination. Keep studying Keep winning
