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"Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica"
Issac Newton published his nook, "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica", in which he describes the three laws of motion and his theory of gravitation.
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"Traité élémentaire de chimie"
Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, published his book, "Traité élémentaire de chimie", in which he summarizes all his experimental and theoretical findings in the field of chemistry.
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Smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner discovered the smallpox vaccine, the first vaccine ever used, and is believed to have saved more human lives than any other person.
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Theory of Evolution and Natural selection
Darwin published his book "On the Origin of Species", in which he describes how mankind came to be by evolving from apes. This idea was highly controversial, as it contradicted the religious origins of the world that most people believed in at the time.
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Germ Theory
Louis Pasteur discovered that he cause of disease was not actually "bad air" but, in fact, living organisms that can be avoided. This revolutionized medical practice, especially surgery.
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Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity (a specific case of his more general theory of relativity, which he published later), which changed the way people viewed motion in space and time.
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