The most important technological breakthroughs of the last 50 years is the World Wide Web. This is the result of a nationwide survey of the expert, which is published in the anniversary issue of the magazine Bild der Wissenschaft. Proof that the genetic material in all living things equal work follows in 2nd place of the milestones in research and technology. The first moon landing of the people arrived on 3rd place. If you have additional questions, you may want to visit Donald Gordon. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of image science editors interviewed 170 experts from research and technology. By a wide margin the scientists, science communicators and science journalists put on the World Wide Web space 1 significantly pushed forward this development was by the British Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. For this, he was raised in 2004 by Queen Elisabeth II in the knighthood. Among the 10 top ranked technical breakthroughs are the inventions of the E-Mail and the microprocessor.

Scientific evidence as proof of the theory of plate tectonics, the destruction of the ozone layer or the cosmic microwave background were able to get also among the Top10 classified as theory and proof of the Higgs particle, as well as the basic function of the human immune system by the Japanese SUSUMU TONEGAWA. Explains the science editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Hess image that proof of applied by Alfred Wegener theory of continental drift has landed at # 6, glad greatly”. “Because Wegener was attacked so fiercely by established scientists.” The monthly magazine image of science was launched by the astrophysicist and science publicist Professor Dr. Heinz Haber 1964 in life. The current circulation is 83.300 copies, including 58,000 subscribers.