Here is the list of a few Important Discoveries & Inventions in Physics that changed the fate of the world.
Electron was discovered by J. J. Thompson in the year 1897.
Proton was discovered by Rutherford in the year 1919.
Positron was discovered by Anderson in the year 1932.
Neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in the year 1932.
Atom was discovered by John Dalton in the year 1808.
Meson was discovered by H. Yukawa in the year 1949.
Atomic Number was discovered by Utahan in the year 1941.
Atomic Structure was discovered by Neil Bohr or Rutherford in the year 1913.
The theory of Relativity was discovered by Albert Einstein in the year 1905.
The photoelectric effect was discovered by Albert Einstein in the year 1905.
Laws of Motion were discovered by Isaac Newton in the year 1687.
Laws of Electric Resistance were discovered by G. S. Ohm in the year 1827.
Raman Effect was discovered by C. V. Raman in the year 1928.
The Law of Electrostatic Attraction was discovered by Coulomb in the year 1779.
The Law of Flotation was discovered by Archimedes in the year 1827.
The Law of Electrolytic Dissociation was discovered by Faraday.
Electromagnetic Induction was discovered by Michael Faraday in the year 1831.
Nuclear Reactor was discovered by Enrico Fermi in the year 1942.
X-rays was discovered by Roentgen in the year 1895.
Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Becquerel in the year 1896.
Radium was discovered by Madame Curie in the year 1898.
Dynamite was discovered by Alfred Nobel in the year 1867.
Diode Bulb was discovered by Sir J. S. Fleming in the year 1904.
Triode Bulb was discovered by Lee de Forest in the year 1906.
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