Question

How did the major scientific advances of the 20th century help to change the contemporary world?

Answer 1

Answer: During the 20th century many advances were made, our world wouldn't be the same today without these scientists....

Scientists of the Modern World:

Albert Einstein: Theory of Relativity

Enrico Fermi: atomic weapons

Marie Curie: radiation

Henry Ford: mass-produced automobiles

Wright Brothers: aviation

Jonas Salk: polio vaccine

George Washington Carver: agricultural techniques

Charles Drew: blood banks

Sigmund Freud: developmental psychoanalysis

Thomas Edison: light bulb

Watson and Crick: DNA structure

Answer 2

During the 20th century things such as nuclear power, personal computers, airplanes, cars, rockets, submarines, antibiotics, tvs, ratios, etc. all came about. Clearly multiple means for transportation that were invented during that time are still very important in our daily lives these days. Not to mention the ways that the creation of antibiotics changed the world of medicine. Each of these things were huge advances that help us even now, and continue to evolve as time goes on.