====== Points of Divergence : Scientific Discoveries and Inventions ====== Points od divergence dealing with various fields of science, research and technological developments. Choose a type of POD from the topic pages section available below, or search the general discussion section for miscellaneous PODs and POD discussions. ---- ==== Specific fields and technologies ==== **[[pods:Aircraft]]** **[[pods:Biological Sciences]]** **[[pods:Chemistry]]** **[[pods:Electricity]]** **[[pods:Electronics]]** **[[pods:Industrial Revolution]]** **[[pods:Medical Science]]** **[[pods:Metallurgy and Metalworking]]** **[[pods:Military Technology]]** **[[pods:Musical Instruments and Recording Technology]]** **[[pods:Photography and Cinema]]** **[[pods:Printing Press]]** **[[pods:Radio]]** **[[pods:Spaceflight]]** **[[pods:Steam Engine]]** **[[pods:Engines|Engines (other than steam)]]** **[[pods:Lasers]]** **[[pods:Telegraph]]** **[[pods:Telephone]]** **[[pods:Television]]** **[[pods:Transport and vehicles]]** **[[pods:Units of measurement]]** ---- ==== General musings ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=299707|Technology PODs Thread]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=240702|Technologies that aren't "inevitable" in alternate timelines]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-technology.3874/|Alternate Technologies (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-technologies-redux.9644/|Alternate Technologies (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/abadoned-technologies.184069/|Abandoned Technologies]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=2396|A world where all cultures develop the same level of technology]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/are-technologies-developed-in-order-and-on-time-across-tls.282500/|Are technologies developed in order and on time across TLs ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=71234|Earlier inventions thread]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=16852|Inventions that could have changed the world]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-invention-or-discovery-happened-oddly-late-or-early.160434/|What invention or discovery happened oddly late or early ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-science-history.4850/|Alternate Science History]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=289921|How would technology advance in a continuing Hellenistic Age ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=9395|Better technology exchange between China and Europe]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=59414|WI pre-Columbian ideas and tech were universal in the Americas ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=219919|Challenge: Arabian Science Continues]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pre-industrial-era-inventions-that-could-have-been-invented-in-the-middle-ages.355702/|Pre-industrial era inventions that could have been invented in the middle ages]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162518|How to advance pre-Columbian America ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=289916|Challenge: American natives technologically even with Europeans by the 15th century AD]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259384|Challenge: Earlier Scientific Revolution]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=374833|Challenge: Western-style 'Englightenment' era in the Middle East]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256126|WI: Assyriology instead of Egyptology]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=175361|How far can Western technology advance with a POD prior to 1900 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256649|Challenge: Retard technological development in the 20th Century]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265665|Technology level by 1945 in a world where WWI never happened]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=324|WWI with more progressed technology]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233086|Technology after a German WWI Victory ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30042|WWII with more progressed technology]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=291578|Technological progress without WWII or Cold War]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220681|Britain's technological lead in the 1950s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253807|Challenge: With a POD no earlier than 1950, make humanity more advanced than in OTL in all scientific fields by the year 2000]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262105|How advanced could we have become by the year 2000]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165718|Overrated technologies]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=358595|Not-invented-here: Successes and Missed Opportunities]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=85399|Overlooked Technologies, Unusual Effects, and Forgotten Weapons]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-introduce-a-little-invention-at-some-point-in-time-thread.272175/|The "Introduce a little invention at some point in time" thread]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292615|ASB WI: Dreams can be recorded]]** ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[Agriculture|Points of Divergence : Agriculture]]** **[[pods:economy and trade|Points of Divergence : Economy and Trade]]** **[[pods:society and societal norms|Points of Divergence : Society and Societal norms]]** **[[pods:arts architecture and monuments|Points of Divergence : Arts, Architecture and Monuments]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**