science

Percy Ludgate (1883-1922) was Dublin accountant and analytical engine designer. He died in October of 1922 on pneumonia. What if he survived and completed his ideas? How would science (programming, computers) develop ATL?

So, should the world wars have not occurred, what technologies and sciences would be more advanced thanks to more people living?

The Islamic Golden Age was roughly between 750 AD to 1258 AD. During this time the Islamic world and the whole world because of the advancements of the Islamic world had a period of profound technological, scientific and societal advancements. What if, the Islamic Golden Age had been even more...

Younger contemporary of Aristotle - Heraclides of Heraclea Pontica - discovered that the earth rotates on its axis, and Mercury and Venus orbit the Solntsa.7) This new view was adopted by Aristarchus of Samos (about 310 -. 230 years), a disciple of the Peripatetic Strato, who made the further...

So, IOTL, Gregor Mendel's revolutionary work on hereditary genetics wasn't discovered until decades after his death, in the 20th century! What if, when he publishes it first, it becomes noticed and is received globally? I think Darwin will want to meet this man, because IRL Darwin knew that the...

Nowadays, a lot of new technological inventions and scientific discoveries come from places like China and Japan, and one could argue that the world would not be as advanced if it weren't for their recent contributions. So say, if Brazil, Mexico, and other countries with various political and...

One thing that's always quite interested me in terms of allohistorical potential is post-Sengoku early modern Japan developing in a different manner than OTL. Primarily by way of the OTL Tokugawa shogunate not coming into existence, and Japan's developments up until the 19th century taking on a...

This is something I've been planning to set up since late March, but I could just never get to it... But I think the time is now ripe. Ladies and gentlemen, feel free to use this thread as a general hub for discussing ATL developments of Darwin's life and work. :) :cool: And, to start us off...