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Earth Science. The Universe. Physics, Chemistry & Maths. Mechanical Science. Biotechnology. Science History. Favourite Science Pearltrees. Books on Science. Pseudoscience: Science Errors, Conflicts & Frauds. Image Depicting Every Time Science Fiction Became Science Fact: This fantastic chart by Isabelle Turner captures the most notable times that science fiction became scientific fact. On the left side, there is a list containing the date that the prediction was made, the individual who came up with the idea, and where they made their forecast. To the right, there is a list containing the date of the actual discovery and the years that elapsed between the prediction and the discovery.
Of course, there are probably some that are missing. Leave your contributions in the comments. Isabelle Turner / Printerinks. The Real Warp Drive3D printed Invisibility CloakSuspended Animation 3D Printed Houses. Scientists tell us their favourite jokes: 'An electron and a positron walked into a bar…' | Science | The Observer. Physics ■ Two theoretical physicists are lost at the top of a mountain. Theoretical physicist No 1 pulls out a map and peruses it for a while. Then he turns to theoretical physicist No 2 and says: "Hey, I've figured it out. I know where we are. " "Where are we then? " "Do you see that mountain over there? " I heard this joke at a physics conference in Les Arcs (I was at the top of a mountain skiing at the time, so it was quite apt)
. ■ An electron and a positron go into a bar.Positron: "You're round. " ■ A group of wealthy investors wanted to be able to predict the outcome of a horse race. This is really the joke form of "all models are wrong, some models are useful" and also sums up the sort of physics confidence that they can solve problems (ie, by making the model solvable).Ewan Birney, associate director, European Bioinformatics Institute ■ What is a physicist's favourite food? ■ Why did Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac and Wolfgang Pauli work in very small garages? Biology Maths Chemistry.