100 Greatest Discoveries
100 Greatest Discoveries

100 Greatest Discoveries

2004 1 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 6.5 Documentary

Bill Nye walks viewers through various areas of science to show how far they've come through their beginnings until modern times.

Bill Nye walks viewers through various areas of science to show how far they've come through their beginnings until modern times.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Evolution

Ten milestones that have helped to tell life's story: Walter Alvarez's asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction, the firs

EP 2

Earth Sciences

Twelve landmark steps to understanding the Earth's structure: Richard Oldham's theory of a liquid core, Inge Lehmann's c

EP 3

Physics

Thirteen discoveries that help explain why matter and energy behave as they do: Galileo's law of falling bodies, Isaac N

EP 4

Medicine

Thirteen achievements in medicine: Andreas Vesalius's anatomical charts, William Harvey's breakthrough on blood circulat

EP 5

Astronomy

Thirteen crucial benchmarks in the history of what may be the oldest science: Ancient awareness that the planets move, C

EP 6

Chemistry

Thirteen building blocks in a science that may be the foundation of the modern world: Joseph Priestly and Antoine Lavois

EP 7

Biology

Thirteen breakthroughs in the science of living things: Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of micro-organisms, Robert Br

EP 8

Genetics

Thirteen vital contributions to a field tht is now a cornerstone of the life sciences: Gregor Mendel's rules of heredit

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Bill Nye
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