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1 Some great Ideas in Physics Conservation of Energy Second Law of Thermodynamics Conservation of Momentum Theory of Relativity Industrial Revolution Quantum Theory Nuclear Energy Electronics Communication Higgs Boson

2 Growth of industry means mass production of things But if products are not consumed, industry will fail Pre Industry World Cycle Consumers Changed community Post Industry World Cycle Strong families & Communities Weak State & Markets Weak Individuals Weak families & Communities Strong State & Markets Strong Individuals Some negative affects of Industrial Revolution

3 Some Great Inventions Lenses, Telescope and Microscope Printer Prism, etc. Camera Cinema Calculators Engine Electricity Photocopier Automobiles Telephone Nuclear Weapon Airplanes Radio Television Diodes Op-Amp Transistor X-ray machine Ultrasonic Imaging I C Internet Computers Lasers MRI Digital Age Space Technology Microwave Oven Scanning Electron Microscope Nano-Tech Cell Phones

4 Some Important Scientific Events (Since year 2000) 2000: Human genetic code was cracked (2000) 2001: Neutrinos were discovered to oscillate from one flavor to another Nobel Prize 2015 to Arthur B. McDonald & Takaaki Kajita 2009: Successful gene therapy for medical problems 2010: Apple i-pad was launched Tablet computer 2011: MESSENGER probe -- First to go around Mercury 2012: Kepler 22b was found Most earthlike planet so far 2012: Higgs Boson was discovered -- the particle that gives matter its mass This complicated the standard model for subatomic particle Nobel Prize 2013 to Peter Higgs & Francois Englert 2013: Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in CERN started

5 Some Important Socio-Political Events First Parliament of Great Britain (1707) Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) United States Constitution (1788) United States Bill of Rights (1791) French Revolution ( ) Napoleon Bonaparte Haitian Revolution A successful Slaves (1791) World War-I: A temporary victory of democratic forces (28 June, 1914 to 11 Nov., 1918) 17 to 20 M people died Great depression ( ) 1930s is known as decade of dictatorship in Europe World war -- II (Sep 1,1939 to Sep 2, 1945) 50 to 85 M people died Over100 M people effected First atomic bomb detonated (Alamogordo, New Mexico 16 July, 1945 at 5:29:45) Human got capability to eras the history

6 First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6, 1945) 40,000 death United Nation (Oct 1945) 2 nd on Nagasaki (Aug 9, 1945) Human got capability to eras the history Proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in Jan 1942), although League of Nation already existed since Civil Rights movement in America lead by Martin Luther King, JR ( ) World wide Human Rights movements started in 1750 and still going on King s famous speech I have a dream in front of 250, 000 people in Washington DC A world where people will no longer be divided by race He was awarded with Nobel Peace prize in 1964 and was assassinated in 1968 Landing on Moon (20 July, 1969) Cold war and Fall of Soviet Union (1991, Mr. Gorbachev) 911 Terrorism (In 2001) 80,000 deaths 8:46 AM, North Tower of World Trade Center 9.03 AM at South tower Over 3000 deaths

7 Afghan war (Oct. 7, 2001 ) Iraq war (March 20, ) Over 1 M people have died Terrorism in Madrid, Spain (2004) Tsunami in Indian Ocean (2004) 200,000 people died Terrorism London Subway (2005) Barak Obama became the first African-American President (2009) Earthquake in Haiti (2010) 230,000 people died Earthquake & Tsunami in Tokyo (2011) 16,000 people died & threaten the Fukoshima nuclear plant Terrorist attack in Paris (2015)

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