Overview of the events of 1934 in science
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The year 1934 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
Chemistry
History of science and technology
Mathematics
Physics
Physiology and medicine
Technology
Publications
Awards
Births
- February 15 – Niklaus Wirth (died 2024), Swiss computer scientist.
- March 4 – Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist.
- March 5 – Daniel Kahneman (died 2024), Israeli-American psychologist, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- March 6 – Milton Diamond, American sexologist and professor of anatomy and reproductive biology.
- March 9 – Yuri Gagarin (died 1968), Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space.
- March 14 – Eugene Cernan (died 2017), American astronaut, the last man to walk on the Moon (1972)
- March 23 – Ludvig Faddeev (died 2017), Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- March 31 – Carlo Rubbia, Italian winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- April 2 – Paul Cohen (died 2007), American mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal.
- April 3 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist.
- April – Dona Strauss, South African-born mathematician.
- May 21 – Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- May 23
- May 30 – Alexei Leonov (died 2019), Russian cosmonaut, the first man to walk in space.
- July 7 – Robert McNeill Alexander (died 2016), British zoologist, authority on animal locomotion.
- September 21 – David J. Thouless (died 2019), Scottish-born winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- November 9 – Carl Sagan (died 1996), American astronomer.
- November 27 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician.
Deaths
- January 6 – Fernand Lataste (born 1847), French zoologist.
- January 14 – Ioan Cantacuzino (born 1863), Romanian microbiologist.
- January 29 – Fritz Haber (born 1868), German chemist.
- February 25 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (born 1858), American botanist.
- April 9 – Oskar von Miller (born 1855), German electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum.
- April 10 – Cecilia Grierson (born 1859), Argentine physician and reformer.
- April 21 – Carsten Borchgrevink (born 1864), Norwegian Antarctic explorer.
- July 4 – Marie Curie (born 1867), Polish-born French physicist.[11]
- October 17 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (born 1852), Spanish winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- September 27 – Ellen Willmott (born 1858), English horticulturist.
- November 16 – Carl von Linde (born 1842), German refrigeration engineer.
- November 20 – Willem de Sitter (born 1872), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
- December 2 – T. H. E. C. Espin (born 1858), English astronomer, scientist and clergyman.
- December 10 – Theobald Smith (born 1859), American bacteriologist.
- December 31 – Cornelia Clapp (born 1859), American marine biologist[12]
- William Hoskins (born 1862), American inventor.
References
- ^ Davies, Michael B.; Austin, John; Partridge, David A. (1991). Vitamin C: Its Chemistry and Biochemistry. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-85186-333-7.
- ^ "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, OM". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ Fermi, Enrico (1934-03-25). "Radioattività indotta da bombardamento di neutroni". La Ricerca Scientifica. 1 (5): 283. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ^ Tabern, D. L.; Volwiler, E. H. (1935). "Sulfur-containing barbiturate hypnotics". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 57 (10): 1961–3. doi:10.1021/ja01313a062.
- ^ Wells, W. F. (1934). "On Air-Borne Infection". American Journal of Epidemiology. 20 (3): 611–618. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a118097.
- ^ Patarca-Montero, R. (2004). Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise. New York: Haworth Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-7890-2196-0.
- ^ von Hevesy, G.; Hofer, E. (1934). "Die Verweilzeit des Wassers im Menschlichen Körper. Untersucht mit Hilfe von "schwerem" Wasser als Indicator". Klinische Wochenschrift. 13: 1524. doi:10.1007/BF01779120. S2CID 23696178.
- ^ Challoner, Jack, ed. (2009). 1001 Inventions That Changed the World. London: Cassell. pp. 634–5. ISBN 978-1-84403-611-0.
- ^ US patent 1956350, Laurens Hammond, "Electrical Musical Instrument", issued 1934-04-24
- ^ Bradford, Samuel C. (1934-01-26). "Sources of Information on Specific Subjects". Engineering. 137: 85–86.
- ^ "BBC – History – Marie Curie". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, Moira Davison (2004). American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000. Jefferson NC: McFarland. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-78642-161-9.