1939 in science explained

The year 1939 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy

Biology

Cartography

Chemistry

Computer science

History of science and technology

Mathematics

Physics

Physiology and medicine

Technology

Events

Awards

Births

Deaths

Notes and References

  1. Phys. Rev. 55: pp. 374–381. 1939.
  2. Phys. Rev. 56: pp. 455–459. 1939.
  3. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948. NobelPrize.org. May 11, 2011.
  4. Book: Snyder, John P.. Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. 1993. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-76747-5.
  5. Web site: 87 Francium. Elementymology & Elements Multidict. Peter. van der Krogt. 2019-01-07.
  6. MacCorquodale. D. W.. Binkley, S. B.. Thayer, S. A.. Doisy, E. A.. 1939. On the Constitution of Vitamin K1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 61. 7. 1928–1929. 10.1021/ja01876a510.
  7. Web site: Linus Pauling: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954. Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1942–1962. Elsevier. 1964. 2007-02-28.
  8. Book: Smith, Michael. Michael Smith (newspaper reporter)

    . Michael Smith (newspaper reporter). Station X: the Codebreakers of Bletchley Park. rev.. Pan Grand Strategy Series. 2007. Pan Macmillan. London. 978-0-330-41929-1. 60.

  9. Book: Mollenhoff, Clark R.. 1988. Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer. 978-0-8138-0032-5. Iowa State University Press. Ames. registration.
  10. Book: Shapin, Steven. Steven Shapin

    . Steven Shapin. The Scientific Revolution. University of Chicago Press. 1996.

  11. Book: Crilly, Tony. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-008-8. 133.
  12. O.. Hahn. F.. Strassmann. Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle. Naturwissenschaften. 27. 1. 11–15. January 6, 1939. 10.1007/BF01488241. 1939NW.....27...11H. 5920336 .
  13. Lise . Meitner . O. R. . Frisch . Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction . . 143 . 3615 . 239–240 . February 16, 1939 . 10.1038/143239a0 . 22 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525075850/http://www.nature.com/physics/looking-back/meitner/index.html . May 25, 2011 . live . mdy . 1939Natur.143..239M . 4113262 .
  14. O. R. . Frisch . Physical Evidence for the Division of Heavy Nuclei under Neutron Bombardment . Nature . 143 . 3616 . 276 . February 18, 1939 . 10.1038/143276a0 . 1939Natur.143..276F . free .
  15. Announcement of the Atomic Age plaque next to the entrance of the Physics Department at GWU (erected 2002).
  16. Levine. P.. Stetson. R. E.. An unusual case of intragroup agglutination. JAMA. 113. 2. 126–7. 1939. 10.1001/jama.1939.72800270002007a.
  17. Book: Clifton J., Philips. Fearn, Anne Walter. Edward T.. James. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. 1. 1971. 978-0-67462-734-5. 603.
  18. Tiehm . Arnold . Fanny Searls (1851-1939). Brittonia . 37 . 1 . 1985 . 42. 10.1007/BF02809668. 87755152.