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The
Atanasoff-Berry computer
is now considered one of the first electronic digital computing device built by
John Vincent Atanasoff
and
Clifford Berry
at
Iowa State University
during 1937–1942.
Physics: the development of
quantum theory
and
nuclear physics
.
Mathematics: the development of
game theory
and
cryptography
.
Thor Heyerdahl
's
Kon-Tiki
crossed the
Pacific Ocean
proving the practical possibility that people from
South America
could have settled
Polynesia
in
pre-Columbian times
.
Willard Libby
developed
radiocarbon dating
—a process that revolutionized
archaeology
.
The development of
modern evolutionary synthesis
.
Atanasoff–Berry Computer