Accidental Blogger capturesDiscover magazine’s list of The 7 Most Wondrous Moments in Science. The entire post is worth a read, but the featured list is:

• Otto Lowei: discovering the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
• René Descartes: developing the Cartesian co-ordinate system of perpendicular lines and planes
• Nikola Tesla: designing the alternate current motor
• Edwin Hubble: discovering the existence of galaxies outside the Milky Way
• Robert Hooke: discovery of the cell as the building block of all living organisms
• Henry Becquerel: discovery of radioactivity
• Alexander Fleming: discovery of penicillin

There’s more on the Discover blog, too.