Quite literally, the periodic table and quantum mechanics explain everything that is familiar about the world. They explain water and rock and people. They explain how the air we breathe oxygenates our lungs. They explain how fires burn and why diamonds are what they are.
So, I guess it's true that progress has been driven by the filling in of the periodic table. Which, I guess, tells us about the future of progress.
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