1749: The birth of "determinism" with Pierre-Simon de Laplace. This geometer of the Universe codified the laws of planetary motion, offering humanity the mathematical keys to the heavens.

1903: The dream of Icarus becomes first a legal, then a physical reality. Orville and Wilbur Wright file the patent for their first aeroplane, paving the way that would lead mankind, just a few decades later, beyond the atmosphere.