IndexIntroductionEvolution of electricityElectricity and how it has changed medicine and communicationElectricity in our livesThe importance of electricity in transportationConclusionReferencesIntroductionThe most significant discovery made by humans is that which is useful in our daily lives as human beings, hence the word significant. Significant simply means that a substance and discussion are crucial enough to have an effect or be noticed according to the Oxford dictionary. This definition of significant helps us understand that of all the discoveries made by humans, the most crucial one if we were to judge, is the one that is most noticed and has a huge impact on humanity. Petr, H. presents us with the 25 greatest scientific discoveries made by humanity and emphasizes that he has not listed them by their classification because it is “difficult (if not impossible)” to classify them by their importance. This means that most discoveries made by humans have the same meaning in our lives. Peter. H also mentions electricity in his list of the greatest scientific discoveries made by humanity, which I consider the most significant discovery among all the other discoveries mentioned. In this essay I will demonstrate how electricity has changed our lives by looking at how it has shaped the scientific world, our daily lives, and how it continues to be involved in our modern innovations. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original EssayEvolution of ElectricityTo understand the concept of electricity and its meaning, we must first look at how it came into being and how it was developed. This will help us understand why electricity is so important in our lives. Atkinson, N. (2014) article on who discovered electricity states that electricity was first discovered in 600 BC by the ancient Greeks who discovered static electricity. The study of electricity was then improved by many scientists since the 1600s, including William Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday and the list goes on. This has led to confusion among many people as to who actually discovered electricity according to Atkinson, but the reality is that all of these scientists played a huge role in bringing light to the world invented by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan. The two scientists, Edison and Swan, invented the first incandescent filament light bulb in 1878, which was the first light capable of staying lit for hours, although according to Atkinson, light bulbs had already been invented by others. Then began the age of electricity which impacted humanity. Electricity and How It Changed Medicine and Communication Doctors are known as the only group of people who play God due to their ability to bring people back to life to an extent that Bernie Siegel once said, “doctors are busy playing God." Electricity surprisingly is also involved in the power of doctors to heal the sick and resuscitate the dead. Browne, A. (2014). It's electrifying! Medical uses of electricity. The New York Hisrotical Society mentions that Dr. James Bryan used electric belts and harnesses, made in New York to relieve patients from nervous prostration, hysteria, and disorders of the kidneys, liver, lungs, spine, and brain . What is more important than the healthy life of a human being? Electricity is the most significant discovery made by humanity because it can restore life to those who discovered it. It is the electric shock in the defibrillator that has the power to resuscitate the heart of a nearly dead person, see Chiinvented the defibrillator (2016) for more information on the defibrillator device used to restart a heart that has stopped beating. The main idea here is that electricity, like antibiotics and DNA, is the discovery of human being which is also used to improve human.health.Communication is one of the important aspects of humanity and is what makes us human according to Suddendorf, T. (2014). Electricity also helped improve this aspect of human life through the introduction of telephones, computers and cell phones, which allowed people to communicate over long distances. Cell phones and computers use batteries that need to be recharged every time they run out of battery, which requires a charger that requires electricity. Information specialists explain why chargers get hot when charging cell phones and volts, which are the strength of electricity, are the main key to charging cell phones. This means that without electricity the charges cannot charge cell phones and computers, which means there would be a breakdown in communication between humans located at great distances. Petr, H. (2017) also stated that humanity has discovered that the earth is round and counts this discovery in his list of the 25 greatest discoveries made by humanity, mentions gravity and Copernican heliocentrism. These discoveries are part of Earth science and help humanity understand the universe according to an article by Hobart M. King titled What Is Earth Science. According to Hogenboom, M. (2016), life without the knowledge that the earth is round and after knowing that it is round still did not make life easy for humanity, but only gave humanity some "common knowledge" . We have known that the Earth has been round for over 2000 years. Electricity in our lives Electricity on the other hand has had a huge impact both in common knowledge and in our daily lives. Watkins, K. (2015) in his article mentions countries that do not have electricity in Africa, also mentioning that throughout history, electricity has fueled growth that has created jobs, eliminated poverty and improved quality of life. The most significant discovery made by humans has to be electricity, because at all costs it continues to make the lives of humans productive, based on the above evident. However, I will provide more obvious information by examining the impact electricity has on our daily lives. In our homes, we use electricity “virtually” every single minute of the day, said Wilson, L. (2013). Wilson also provides percentages of electricity consumption in some European countries. It mentions heating and cooling, lights, water heating, cooking, entertainment and laundry. Some things are more important than others, but the point is that for all of these activities to take place, electricity is required. According to Williams, C. Rural life was tough before electricity. Without electricity, people would be without hot water, would need to use wood and cook outdoors, and would have little light in their homes. In short, life would be as difficult as it was when there was no electricity. This therefore shows that electricity has a great impact on the comfortable life that humans live in today, making electricity the most significant discovery made by humans. Before we draw conclusions on this topic, we will take a look at what Anderson, C. (2012) talked about the importance of electricity in our daily lives. Anderson says there is no job out there that doesn't use electricity, and I quote, “There isn't any,” after asking a rhetorical question about what jobs are available that don't use electricity.According to Anderson, without electricity nowadays businesses cannot function efficiently, which means that if electricity were taken away from people, many businesses would collapse and many people would be left without jobs. This shows that electricity is still significant today, even more so than it was when it was first discovered. Importance of electricity in transportation Anderson also talks to us about the importance of electricity in transportation. He says that because electricity is environmentally friendly, it is now being turned into transportation systems in many countries to replace by-product gases such as carbon, which are produced today by cars. The problem with these gases is that they cause air pollution that leads to global warming, and according to Anderson, electricity would be a great substitute to achieve such negative impacts of cars on the environment. He also added and stated that electric cars are the future of transportation. This is once again evident, that electrical study is still growing and expanding in the scientific world, making electricity the most significant discovery made by man. Electricity has been significant in the past, it's still useful today according to Anderson, and the FleetCarma staff says it will be even more significant in the future as it enters the world of transportation. Electric cars cost less than gas ones according to Fleetcarma Staff, which gives electricity a good image when compared to other discoveries. Electricity is listed as one of the discoveries that can make a difference in the lives of human beings by eliminating the worries of humanity more than adding worries and difficulties. Food and water are very crucial in the human body, to stay healthy, so doctors usually say, an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. They mainly emphasized the importance of staying healthy. According to the same article by Anderson mentioned above, electricity has also entered food production. “The food industry also needs energy to function,” Anderson said. According to Anderson, food today is produced using machines in industries to speed up the production process. These machines used in the food industry work thanks to electricity. We have seen in restaurants and any other fast food establishments that food is now prepared using stoves that use electricity. Anderson also makes us imagine a fast food restaurant that doesn't use electricity. He says we would have to wait hours for our meal to be served. However, electricity steps in to save time. Electricity also makes work easier for the cook because he doesn't have to go out to collect wood, light a fire for the business to start making money, but with an electric stove you save time and make money faster. According to the above, electricity is the only discovery of the twenty-five discovered by Petr who helped shape the scientific world by engaging in medical sciences, mechanical technology of automobiles introducing electric cars which will help reduce air pollution and give humans a comfortable life every day. Anderson also said that life with electricity was never imagined hundreds of years ago, but now life without electricity is hard to imagine. This is mainly due to the fact that electricity has taken over much of human life. It has taken over our homes, workplaces and is now taking over our transportation. The most significant discovery must be one that affects human life and is evident according to the definition of significant and electricity fulfilled every word in the definition of significant. Conclusion Every/