This is a ludacris top ten
this list could be done scientificly without the need of idiotard voters.

I would probably like to see the internet represented, soap, the wheel etc. I guess the list would be endless really.
Also bacon.

edit/ Under what parameters would the list be compiled scientifically? For what, to come up with the light bulb again or electricity. It shows just what people actually feel is important to them. As i said i dont necesarily agree with the list and im sure its just one of many but it gives some insight to the views of the average punter who visits the London Science Museum.

[edit on 4-11-2009 by pazcat]

I'm confused by the term "invention". Surely some of these qualify as discoveries.

But the x-ray? really? I'm just baffled by this winning the vote. It's great and all, but the most impact?

Hmm.. what about something like... the printing press? The transistor? Fire? The wheel? I don't really see rockets or space capsules as being the most influential inventions, depsite their importance. I do agree with the car, the steam engine, and the electric telegraph; those made huge impacts when they came out, and other than the telegraph, still see widespread use today.

I think I'd have voted for either the printing press or the transistor at #1, but I'm also an electrical engineer who likes to read :p

And for the Tesla fans, good old Nikola was one of the first to experiment with X-rays.

The x-ray is really suprising. I think I would have voted the
Hubble Satellite for showing us the universe,
Internet for the vast amount of information you can obtain from it, or
Air planes for letting us be able to fly.

If the public did really vote on this #1 would have been HDTV and #2 would have been TV

This is what happens when you give the public opinions about scientific discovery. So much is left out =(