How Science Changed Our World


How Science Changed Our World is a 2010 BBC television documentary presented by Robert Winston. It focuses on ten scientific advances, which according to the producers, had the biggest impact on our lives. Viewers were asked to vote on their favourite advancement.

Breakthroughs

  1. Combined [oral contraceptive pill]
  2. Microchip
  3. Magnetic resonance imaging
  4. Laser
  5. Biomechanics
  6. World Wide Web
  7. Big Bang theory
  8. Human Genome Project
  9. Stem cell research
  10. In vitro fertilisation

Credits

Results of the Viewer Poll

With 23000 votes.
  1. Microchip
  2. World Wide Web
  3. Stem cell research
  4. Human Genome Project
  5. Laser
  6. Big Bang theory
  7. Magnetic resonance imaging
  8. In vitro fertilisation
  9. Combined oral contraceptive pill
  10. Biomechanics
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