Here’s a fun Big Question – who’s at number one in The Big Bang’s science top ten?
At ten, it’s Friedrich Meischer’s 1871 classic, the discovery of DNA.
In at number nine, Dmitri Mendeleyev with the periodic table.
Down to eight this week is Edwin Hubble’s big bang!
Not moving at number seven, Alessandro Volta and electricity.
Climbing to six is the inverse square law from Isaaac Newton.
Responsible for putting man on the moon in 1969, at number five is NASA and their Apollo space project.
New in at four is Charles Darwin’s Natural Selection – Evolution.
Up to three is the wheel by Homo Sapiens (!)
Albert Einstein’s at two with general relativity…
…whilst at number one it’s numbers and counting!






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