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We took 146 years of Popular Science illustrations and covers to animate a kind of PopSci universe—a timeline of great moments in science history!
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The cool thing about working for Popular Science is getting to say you work for a magazine that’s 146 years old. Think on that for a second. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX YEARS OF POPULAR SCIENCE. Einstein wasn’t even born when the first issue mailed out. (For the record, baby Al came on the scene in 1879—seven years after PopSci number one.)
Well, we here at PopSci thought about all this and more. What we wound up exploring is what the universe looks like after 146 years of Popular Science.
Because in the last century and a half of unprecedented discovery and advancement, PopSci has done more than just tell you about it in a magazine. We’ve taken up real estate in your brain and painted a picture of what the world—through those discoveries and advancements—truly looks like.
So, we took 146 years of Popular Science art and illustrations to show you what we mean (also, Neil deGrasse Tyson may or may not eat Pluto in this video)…
-Video by-
Animation: Jason Drakeford
Producer: Tom McNamara
Producer: Eleanor Cummins
Researcher: Lexi Krupp
Researcher: Anna Brooks
Thank you: Jane Goodall Institute, NASA
As always, for more Popular Science go to www.popsci.com!
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-Timeline-
This is what the universe looks like after 146 years of Popular Science
1872 - Issue one of Popular Science
1886 - Electromagnetic waves confirmed by Heinrich Hertz
1895 - X-rays discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
1898 - Polonium and radium discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie
1903 - First flight by the Wright Brothers
1910 - White dwarf first confirmed
1911 - Atomic nucleus discovered
1915 - Gas masks invented
1917 - Flying car first concept
1928 - Penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic, discovered
1930 - Pluto observed by Clyde Tombaugh
1931 - Scientists make a volcano erupt (for fun)
1945 - First nuke detonated
1957 - Laika, the first dog in space
1960 - Deepest part of the ocean explored (35,797 feet)
1960 - Jane Goodall shows how primates use tools
1963 - Plate tectonics confirmed
1969 - First humans on the moon (Apollo 11)
1970 - Clean Air Act passed
1970s - 1980s - Vera Rubin shows how dark matter interacts with the universe
1977 - First whale fall discovered
1984 - First Macintosh computer
1993 - Discovery of first fossil embryo of meat-eating dinosaur
1996 - Dolly the sheep is cloned
1998 - First part of international space station launched
2003 - Human Genome sequenced
2006 - Pluto downgraded to a “dwarf planet”
2009 - Astronaut Leland Melvin sneaks his dog into his official NASA portrait
2015 - LIGO detects gravitational waves
2017 - Trappist-1 Solar System discovered (including, maybe three future Earths?)
We took 146 years of Popular Science illustrations and covers to animate a kind of PopSci universe—a timeline of great moments in science history!
SUBSCRIBE! for more Popular Science on YouTube ►► youtube.com/popsci?sub_confirmation=1
The cool thing about working for Popular Science is getting to say you work for a magazine that’s 146 years old. Think on that for a second. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX YEARS OF POPULAR SCIENCE. Einstein wasn’t even born when the first issue mailed out. (For the record, baby Al came on the scene in 1879—seven years after PopSci number one.)
Well, we here at PopSci thought about all this and more. What we wound up exploring is what the universe looks like after 146 years of Popular Science.
Because in the last century and a half of unprecedented discovery and advancement, PopSci has done more than just tell you about it in a magazine. We’ve taken up real estate in your brain and painted a picture of what the world—through those discoveries and advancements—truly looks like.
So, we took 146 years of Popular Science art and illustrations to show you what we mean (also, Neil deGrasse Tyson may or may not eat Pluto in this video)…
-Video by-
Animation: Jason Drakeford
Producer: Tom McNamara
Producer: Eleanor Cummins
Researcher: Lexi Krupp
Researcher: Anna Brooks
Thank you: Jane Goodall Institute, NASA
As always, for more Popular Science go to www.popsci.com!
#science #history #PopularScience #ElectromagneticWaves #HeinrichHertz #xray #WilhelmConradRontgen #Polonium #radium #MarieCurie #PierreCurie #firstflight #wrightbrothers #whitedwarf #atomicnucleus #gasmask #discovery #invent #flyingcar #Penicillin #antibiotic #pluto #clydetombaugh #volcano #nuclear #firstnuclear #laika #dog #spacedog #deepestpartofocean #ocean #janegoodall #primates #primatestools #platetectonics #apollo11 #space #firstman #firsthumans #moon #moonlanding #cleanairact #verarubin #darkmatter #universe #firstwhalefall #whalefall #apple #macintosh #firstapple #firstmac #mac #firstmacintosh #stevejobs #fossilembryo #dinosaur #dolly #clone #dollysheep #international spacestation #ISS #humangenome #pluto #dwarfplanet #NeildeGrasseTyson #lelandmelvin #ligo #gravitationalwaves #trappist1 #popsciart #art #animation #illustrations
-Timeline-
This is what the universe looks like after 146 years of Popular Science
1872 - Issue one of Popular Science
1886 - Electromagnetic waves confirmed by Heinrich Hertz
1895 - X-rays discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
1898 - Polonium and radium discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie
1903 - First flight by the Wright Brothers
1910 - White dwarf first confirmed
1911 - Atomic nucleus discovered
1915 - Gas masks invented
1917 - Flying car first concept
1928 - Penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic, discovered
1930 - Pluto observed by Clyde Tombaugh
1931 - Scientists make a volcano erupt (for fun)
1945 - First nuke detonated
1957 - Laika, the first dog in space
1960 - Deepest part of the ocean explored (35,797 feet)
1960 - Jane Goodall shows how primates use tools
1963 - Plate tectonics confirmed
1969 - First humans on the moon (Apollo 11)
1970 - Clean Air Act passed
1970s - 1980s - Vera Rubin shows how dark matter interacts with the universe
1977 - First whale fall discovered
1984 - First Macintosh computer
1993 - Discovery of first fossil embryo of meat-eating dinosaur
1996 - Dolly the sheep is cloned
1998 - First part of international space station launched
2003 - Human Genome sequenced
2006 - Pluto downgraded to a “dwarf planet”
2009 - Astronaut Leland Melvin sneaks his dog into his official NASA portrait
2015 - LIGO detects gravitational waves
2017 - Trappist-1 Solar System discovered (including, maybe three future Earths?)
