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Leading Up To The Grand Experiment.(Cover Story: Science; Science)(Cover story)(Brief article)
1609, Galileo
Improving on earlier telescope designs, Galileo discovers Jupiter's four largest moons and sunspots, helping overturn the Earthcentric view of the universe.
1687, Gravity
Sir Isaac Newton publishes his theory of universal gravitation and the laws of motion in his seminal book, "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica."
1921, E=mc2
Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize for his general theory of relativity, which explained the notion of a space-time continuum.
1927, Bang
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