Week of 10/31: Free Post

Week of 10/31: Free Post

The Most Important Moments in Material Science

Hello there readers! For this free post today I thought it'd be interesting to list some of the most important breakthroughs in material science. I found a website that ranks their top 50, so I figured I'd list off the first few for you guys. These breakthroughs led to many of the products we know and love today.

1. Egyptians Smelt Iron- 3500 B.C.

This is a major breakthrough since it is the first metallurgic smelting, and it unlocked the first processing secret of metals.

2. Invention of the Transistor- 1948

This was the start of modern technology. It was the building block of computer chips and computer technology, which is huge.

3. Glass is Invented- 2200 B.C.

This was done by the people of northwestern Iran. It was a huge non-metallurgic discovery which obviously lead to many new discoveries and is still used today.

These were only 3 of the major discoveries in material science. The point of this was to show people that even thousands of years ago, material science was a big deal and leads to many of the innovations humans love to have at their disposal. I believe the world would be a completely different place if it was never for the original material scientists that made these discoveries. 

"Top 50 moments in Material Science History." The Minerals, Metals, and              Materials Society. TMS, 2006. Web. 3 Nov 2013.