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This article is a summary of the
1980s in science and technology
.
Astronomy
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Genetic engineering and biology
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- 1983
- Kary Mullis
revolutionized molecular biology with his invention of the
polymerase chain reaction
, which required only a test tube, some reagents, a DNA template, and a source of heat.
- 1986
- April ? The first child produced from a
gestational surrogacy
is born. This is the first time in history that a child has been born to somebody who is not their biological mother.
- 1989
Computer science and networking
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- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- Lotus Notes
software launched.
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- June/July ?
MCI Mail
and
CompuServe
gateway their email systems to the Internet, instantly allowing hundreds of thousands of their users the ability to email people on the Internet for the first time.
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- The first commercial
Internet service providers
emerge, with The World STD being the first dial-up Internet service in November.
See also
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References
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- ^
Brennan, Pat.
"The planet that wasn't there (Oh, wait, it was)"
.
NASA
. NASA
. Retrieved
25 June
2023
.
- ^
Allen Kent
and James G. Williams, ed. (1993).
Encyclopedia of Microcomputers
. New York: Marcel Dekker.
ISBN
978-0-8247-2709-3
.
- ^
Christopher Null
(April 2007),
"50 Best Tech Products of All Time"
,
PC World
, USA, archived from
the original
on 2015-07-22
, retrieved
2015-08-15
- ^
a
b
Matthew Kirschenbaum (July 2013),
"10 Most Influential Software Programs Ever"
,
Slate
, USA
- ^
Gary Schneider (2014).
Electronic Commerce
. Cengage Learning. p. 63.
ISBN
978-1-305-17765-9
.