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This table provides an overview of the scientific relevant discoveries which would have to be predicted in its entirety by a theory of everything, in order to claim itself as a success.
Timeline of Fundamental Physics Discoveries Before 1780 | |
1021 | intromission theory of light, Alhazen |
1687 | laws of motion and law of gravity, Newton |
Timeline of Fundamental Physics Discoveries Since 1780 | |
Advances in our knowledge of the laws of nature consisting either of experimental discoveries or theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally. | |
1780 | |
1782 | Conservation of matter, Lavoisier |
1785 | Inverse square law for electric charges confirmed, Coulomb |
1801 | Wave theory of light, Young |
1803 | Atomic theory of matter, Dalton |
1805 | |
1806 | Kinetic energy, Young |
1814 | Wave theory of light, interference, Fresnel |
1820 | Evidence for electro-magnetic interactions, Ampere, Biot, Savart |
1824 | Ideal gas cycle analysis, internal combustion engine, Sadi Carnot |
1827 | Resistance, etc., Ohm |
1830 | |
1838 | Lines of force, fields, Faraday |
1838 | Earth's magnetic field, Weber |
1842–3 | Conservation of energy, Julius Robert Mayer, William Thomson |
1842 | Doppler effect, Lord Kelvin |
1845 | Faraday rotation (light and electromagnetic) |
1847 | Conservation of energy 2, Joule, von Helmholtz |
1850–1 | Second law of thermodynamics, Rudolf Clausius, Kelvin |
1855 | |
1857–9 | Kinetic theory, Clausius, James Clerk Maxwell |
1861 | Black body, Kirchhoff |
1863 | Entropy, Clausius |
1864 | A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field, Maxwell |
1867 | Dynamic theory of gases, Maxwell |
1880 | |
1871–89 | Statistical mechanics, Boltzmann, Gibbs |
1884 | Boltzmann derives Stefan radiation law |
1887 | Electromagnetic waves, Hertz |
1893 | Wein's radiation law |
1895 | X-rays |
1897 | Electron |
1900 | Planck formula for radiation |
1905 | |
1905 | Special relativity, Einstein Photoelectric effect, Einstein |
1911 | Equivalence Principle Discovery of the nucleus |
1913 | Bohr atom |
1916 | General relativity, Einstein |
1919 | Light bending confirmed |
1922 | Friedmann proposes expanding universe |
1923 | Stern-Gerlach experiment Matter waves Galaxies |
1925–7 | Quantum mechanics |
1925 | Stellar structure understood |
1927 | Big Bang proposed by Lemaitre |
1928 | Antimatter predicted |
1929 | Hubble confirms expansion of universe |
1930 | |
1932 | Antimatter confirmed Neutron discovered |
1933 | Dark matter found |
1937 | Muon discovered |
1938 | Superfluidity discovered Energy production in stars understood |
1939 | Uranium fission discovered |
1944 | Theory of magnetism in 2D Ising model |
1947 | Pion discovered |
1948 | Quantum electrodynamics |
1955 | |
1956 | Electron neutrino discovered |
1956–7 | Parity found violated |
1957 | Superconductivity explained |
1959–60 | Role of topology in quantum physics, predicted and confirmed |
1962 | SU(3) theory of strong interactions Muon neutrino found |
1963 | Quarks predicted |
1967 | Unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions Solar neutrino problem found |
1968 | Experimental evidence for quarks found |
1970–3 | Standard model of elementary particles invented |
1971 | Helium 3 superfluidity |
1974 | Black hole radiation predicted Renormalization group Charmed quark found |
1975 | Tau lepton found |
1977 | Bottom quark found |
1978 | Dark matter found in galaxies |
1980 | |
1980 | Quantum Hall effect |
1981 | Theory of cosmic inflation proposed |
1982 | Fractional quantum Hall effect |
1985 | Bose–Einstein condensate found, Bose |
1995 | Top quark found |
1998 | Dark energy discovered |
2000 | Tau neutrino found |
2003 | WMAP observations of Cosmic microwave background |
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