1953 in science explained

The year 1953 involved numerous significant events in science and technology, including the first description of the DNA double helix, the discovery of neutrinos, and the release of the first polio vaccine.

Biology

Chemistry

Computer sciences

Earth sciences

Mathematics

Medicine and human sciences

Paleontology

Physics

Technology

Events

Prizes

Nobel Prize

See main article: List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, List of Nobel laureates in Physics and List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry.

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Scientists describe 'secret of life'. BBC. On This Day. January 10, 2008. April 25, 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071222124939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/25/newsid_2932000/2932793.stm. December 22, 2007 . live.
  3. Wilkins, M. H. F. . Alex Stokes . Stokes, A. R. . Herbert Wilson . Wilson, H. R. . Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids. 171. 738–740. Nature. 1953. March 1, 2011. 10.1038/171738a0. 13054693. 4356. 1953Natur.171..738W. 4280080 .
  4. Rosalind E.. Franklin. R. G.. Gosling. Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate. 171. 740–741. Nature. 1953. March 1, 2011. 10.1038/171740a0. 13054694. 4356. 1953Natur.171..740F. 4268222.
  5. http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/10scientists.htm Francis Crick (1916–2004) and James Watson (b. 1928) together discovered the double helix structure of DNA, the "blueprint of life." Surprisingly, when ...
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  7. A Semi‐Empirical Theory of the Electronic Spectra and Electronic Structure of Complex Unsaturated Molecules. II. Pariser R. . Parr R. G. . 1953. Journal of Chemical Physics. 21. 5. 767. 10.1063/1.1699030. 1953JChPh..21..767P .
  8. Electron interaction in unsaturated hydrocarbons. Pople, J. A.. 1953. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 49. 1375. 10.1039/tf9534901375.
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  10. Alan M.. Turing. Some calculations of the Riemann zeta-function. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. 1953. 3. 99–117. 10.1112/plms/s3-3.1.99.
  11. Ewing, Maurice . Heezen, Bruce C. . Ericson, D. B. . Northrop, John . Dorman, James . Exploration of the Northwest Atlantic Mid-ocean Canyon. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 64. 865–868. 10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[865:EOTNAM]2.0.CO;2. 7. 0016-7606. 1953GSAB...64..865E. July 1953.
  12. Roth. K. F.. 10.1112/jlms/s1-28.1.104. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 0051853. 104–109. 2nd series. On certain sets of integers. 28. 1953.
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  15. Levy . Adam . The heart of invention . Knowable Magazine . 12 January 2021 . 10.1146/knowable-011221-1 . free . 25 March 2022 .
  16. Kay. A. W.. 1953. Effect of Large Doses of Histamine on Gastric Secretion of HCl. British Medical Journal. 2. 4827. 77–80. 10.1136/bmj.2.4827.77. 0959-8138. 2028464. 13051582.
  17. William Beecher. Scoville. Brenda. Milner. Brenda Milner. 1957. Loss of recent memory after bilateral hippocampal lesions. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 20. 11–21. 13406589. 497229. 10.1136/jnnp.20.1.11. 1.
  18. Eugene. Aserinsky. Nathaniel. Kleitman. 43636051. Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep. Science. 118. 1953. 273–274. 1680525. 10.1126/science.118.3062.273. 13089671. 3062. 1953Sci...118..273A .
  19. News: Davison. Nicola. Why can't we cure the common cold?. 2017-10-06. The Guardian. 2020-02-20. London. 0261-3077.
  20. Book: Healy, D.. Weissman, M.M.. The treatment of depression: bridging the 21st century. May 28, 2009. 2001. American Psychiatric Pub. 978-0-88048-397-1. 10–11. The Antidepressant Drama. https://books.google.com/books?id=LAmBVolIG5kC.
  21. Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and Human Behavior. New York: Macmillan. .
  22. The Solution of the Piltdown Problem. Weiner, J. S.. Kenneth Oakley. Oakley, K. P.. Wilfrid Le Gros Clark. Le Gros Clark, W. E.. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 2. 3. 141–6. 1953-11-20.
  23. News: Piltdown Man forgery. The Times. London. 1953-11-21. 6.
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  27. Web site: 20 July 1998. Doctors' Plot alleged conspiracy, Soviet Union [1953]]. live. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906021014/https://www.britannica.com/event/Doctors-Plot . 2015-09-06 .
  28. News: Professor Maria Petrou. The Daily Telegraph. London. 2012-11-11. 2012-11-11.