3. DISCOVERY Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unknown IT IS THE PROCESS OF LEARNING SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT KNOWN BEFORE, OR OF FINDING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSING OR HIDDEN.
4. GROWTH LEAD BY DISCOVERY MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE 1900: The milky way galaxy is the known universe. Newton's law explain the physical world. Matter is composed of atoms. Today : the milky way is just one galaxy among countless millions we have observed in the universe. Atoms are made up of many subatomic particles.
5. INVENTION A new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.
6. GROWTH LEAD BY INVENTION BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER 1900: The only way to view the Olympic games in Paris is in person. News about the games travel to America via telegraph and is printed in newspaper. Today: Millions worldwide will watch the Olympics on television, transmitted instantaneously by satellite. The news will spread as well as by radio, newspaper and the world wide web.
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9. The Nobel Prize is the most esteemed scientific acknowledgement and its selection procedure depends heavily on the science community.
16. Inventions are a result of materials and occurrences discovered even prior to the thought of coming up with the invention. A good example would be the automobile, an original creation derived from metals, gas, rubber and other raw materials that were apparently discovered even before the conception of such invention.