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A discovery is a novel observation, usually of a natural Phenomenon .

''Contrast with'': Invention , Technique , Theory


HISTORICAL DISCOVERIES

The ''discovery'' that the Earth was not Flat . In Western Culture , Greek philosophers realized that the Earth was round by the fourth century BCE.


Age Of Exploration

The term has also been used for the beginning of contact between Europe and an area of the world, and the discovery of every country and little island.


Modern discoveries

Experiments by JJ Thomson in 1897 led to the discovery of a fundamental
building block of matter - Electron .
The discovery of the structure of DNA .
The discovery of Quasar s.


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