Discoveries Category
Morphic resonance
In 1973 Dr Rupert Sheldrake (1942-) began investigating how plants and animals receive the information on how…
The Higgs boson
Professor Peter Ware Higgs was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1929 and grew up in Birmingham and Bristol…
Electrolysis
On 2nd May 1800, William Nicholson (1753-1815) from London and his friend Sir Anthony Carlisle (1768-1840) from…
The Maunder Minimum
Annie Russell Maunder (1868-1947) and her husband Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928) were the first scientists to analyse…
Sir Walter Raleigh
Born in Devon, Sir Walter Raleigh (1552/4-1618) seemed to be following in the footsteps of Sir Francis…
J.J. Thomson and the Electron
Sir Joseph John (‘J.J.‘) Thomson was born in 1856 in Lancashire. He excelled in mathematics and took…
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was born on a farm in Lincolnshire but he was never suited to…
Pulsars
Two British astronomers discovered the existence of pulsars with a radio telescope at Cambridge University in 1967.…
Ada Lovelace and her Day
Ada Lovelace (1815-52) was the daughter of Romantic poet, Lord Byron, who left their home when she…
Prince Madoc
It is said that the Welsh Prince Madoc (years unknown) went on a voyage of discovery and…
The Rudston Monolith
The British Isles are strewn with hundreds of ancient standing-stones ~ huge stones that appear to have…
Sir Francis Drake
The main achievement of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) was to sail around the world in 1577-80, but…