Re: What was the most \'revolutionary\' scientific theory of all time?
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Theory of electricity and magnetism (in all of its various forms).
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In some ways I agree with you, but the theory wasn't particularly earth shattering. It was pieced together here and there and then pretty much accepted (I know that radio and light being the same thing took some getting used to but it was a relatively easy transition to the new thinking). Relativity was considered too risky to award the Nobel Prize to Einstein and took a fair amount of time to gain wide acceptance. Still, if you want to talk about what separates us from the pilgrams, you are talking E and M and the combustion engine (also many medical breakthroughs).
I would think that the idea of germs and small building block particles would rank very near the top.
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