Remember that it took over 100 years from neuton's therories of splitting atoms until Einstein cracked it and we build the bomb. Warp drive is probably only 60-100 years away from us.
:') Before some public scold turns up and berates you in an inappropriate manner... a quibble... Newton died in 1727, and didn't have anything to do with splitting atoms; Einstein wrote his papers on Relativity about 100 years ago; and controlled and uncontrolled nuclear reactions were arrived at by other people (Einstein meanwhile doubting that it was possible, although he did agree to put his signature to the letter sent to FDR) working in a different part of physics. :')