This dramatic period of development had two major components. The first was quantum theory developed by Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Louis de Broglie, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrodinger. The second was Einstein's theory of relativity. |
Ivan Soll is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His Top 10 list also focuses on large-scale, far-reaching developments. He sounds a note of caution based on rapid world population growth and technological development, referring to our "tendency to pollute, or otherwise destroy without using, the very resources we so desperately need." |