''How Science Changed Our World'' is a 2010 BBC television documentary presented by Robert Winston (first broadcast on 23 December 2010 on BBC One). It focuses on ten scientific advances, which according to the producers, had the biggest impact on our lives. Viewers were asked to vote on their favourite advancement.

Breakthroughs

# Combined oral contraceptive pill # Microchip #

Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio wave ...

# Laser # Biomechanics # World Wide Web #

Big Bang theory The Big Bang event is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological models of the Big Bang explain the evolution of the observable universe from the ...

(Robert Winston's choice) #

Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a ...

Stem cell research In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can differentiate into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type o ...

# In vitro fertilisation

Credits

* Series Producer: Sophie Todd * Presenter: Robert Winston * Producer: Naomi Austin

External links

''How Science Changed Our World''
at BBC

at The Independent

Results of the Viewer Poll

''With 23000 votes.'' # Microchip (37.3%) # World Wide Web (18.7%) # Stem cell research (14.3%) # Human Genome Project (10%) # Laser (6.2%) # Big Bang theory (6.1%) # Magnetic resonance imaging (3.9%) # In vitro fertilisation (2.8%) # Combined oral contraceptive pill (2.7%) # Biomechanics (2.1%) ''(These results have not been confirmed but are deemed reliable.)'' BBC television documentaries about science Documentary films about science 2010 television specials 2010 in science {{sci-documentary-stub