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
- January 20 – Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ceylonese-born British astronomer.
- January 22 – Helmut Rauch, Austrian physicist (died 2019)
- April 17 – Jan Hoem, Norwegian population scientist (died 2017)
- May 12 – Chuck Hull, American inventor, pioneer of 3D printing.
- May 13 - Brian J Ford, British biologist, broadcaster, writer and lecturer.
- May 18 – Peter Grünberg (died 2018), German physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- May 19 – Dick Scobee (killed 1986), American astronaut.
- June 26 – Julia Polak (died 2014), Argentine-born British pathologist and pioneer of tissue engineering.
- June 28 – Klaus Schmiegel, German-born organic chemist, inventor of Prozac
- August 12 – David King, South African-born British physical chemist.
- August 19 – Alan Baker (died 2018), English mathematician.
- September 9 – John Dwyer, Australian public health practitioner.
- September 24 – Jacques Vallée, French ufologist.
- October 7
- October 10 – Neil Sloane, Welsh-born American mathematician.
- November 7 – Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist, Turing Award winner.
- November 11 – Alf Adams, English physicist.
- November 18 – John O'Keefe, American-born British neuroscientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Deaths
Notes and References
- Phys. Rev. 55: pp. 374–381. 1939.
- Phys. Rev. 56: pp. 455–459. 1939.
- Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948. NobelPrize.org. May 11, 2011.
- Book: Snyder, John P.. Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. 1993. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-76747-5.
- Web site: 87 Francium. Elementymology & Elements Multidict. Peter. van der Krogt. 2019-01-07.
- 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.
- Web site: Linus Pauling: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954. Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1942–1962. Elsevier. 1964. 2007-02-28.
- 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.
- Book: Mollenhoff, Clark R.. 1988. Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer. 978-0-8138-0032-5. Iowa State University Press. Ames. registration.
- Book: Shapin, Steven. Steven Shapin
. Steven Shapin. The Scientific Revolution. University of Chicago Press. 1996.
- Book: Crilly, Tony. 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London. Quercus. 2007. 978-1-84724-008-8. 133.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- Announcement of the Atomic Age plaque next to the entrance of the Physics Department at GWU (erected 2002).
- Levine. P.. Stetson. R. E.. An unusual case of intragroup agglutination. JAMA. 113. 2. 126–7. 1939. 10.1001/jama.1939.72800270002007a.
- 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.
- Tiehm . Arnold . Fanny Searls (1851-1939). Brittonia . 37 . 1 . 1985 . 42. 10.1007/BF02809668. 87755152.