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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
General musings
Technologies that aren't "inevitable" in alternate timelines
A world where all cultures develop the same level of technology
Are technologies developed in order and on time across TLs ?
Inventions that could have changed the world
What invention or discovery happened oddly late or early ?
How would technology advance in a continuing Hellenistic Age ?
Better technology exchange between China and Europe
WI pre-Columbian ideas and tech were universal in the Americas ?
Challenge: Arabian Science Continues
Pre-industrial era inventions that could have been invented in the middle ages
How to advance pre-Columbian America ?
Challenge: American natives technologically even with Europeans by the 15th century AD
Challenge: Earlier Scientific Revolution
Challenge: Western-style 'Englightenment' era in the Middle East
WI: Assyriology instead of Egyptology
How far can Western technology advance with a POD prior to 1900 ?
Challenge: Retard technological development in the 20th Century
Technology level by 1945 in a world where WWI never happened
WWI with more progressed technology
Technology after a German WWI Victory ?
WWII with more progressed technology
Technological progress without WWII or Cold War
Britain's technological lead in the 1950s
How advanced could we have become by the year 2000
Not-invented-here: Successes and Missed Opportunities
Overlooked Technologies, Unusual Effects, and Forgotten Weapons
The "Introduce a little invention at some point in time" thread
ASB WI: Dreams can be recorded
See Also
Points of Divergence : Agriculture
Points of Divergence : Economy and Trade
Points of Divergence : Society and Societal norms
Points of Divergence : Arts, Architecture and Monuments