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Overview of the events of 1912 in science
The year 1912 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Earth sciences
Exploration
History of science
Mathematics
Medicine
Metallurgy
Meteorology
Paleontology
Physics
Psychology
Technology
Other events
Awards
Births
January 21 –
Konrad Emil Bloch (died
2000 ), German-born
biochemist , winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
January 27 –
Francis Rogallo (died
2009 ), American
aeronautical engineer .
January 30 –
Werner Hartmann (died
1988 ), German
physicist .
February 13 –
Natan Yavlinsky (died
1962 ),
Russian
nuclear physicist .
February 25 –
Preben von Magnus (died
1973 ),
Danish
virologist .
March 1 –
Boris Chertok (died
2011 ), Russian rocket designer.
March 19 –
Bill Frankland (died
2020 ), English
immunologist .
March 23 –
Wernher von Braun (died
1977 ), German-born physicist and engineer.
April 19 –
Glenn T. Seaborg (died
1999 ), American physical
chemist , winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
May 22 –
Herbert C. Brown (died
2004 ), English-born chemist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
May 28 –
Ruby Payne-Scott (died
1981 ), Australian radioastronomer.
May 30 –
Julius Axelrod (died
2004 ), American biochemist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
May 31 –
Chien-Shiung Wu (died
1997 ), Chinese-American nuclear physicist, winner of the
Wolf Prize in Physics .
June 23 –
Alan Turing (died
1954 ), English
computer scientist .
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June 30 –
Ludwig Bölkow (died
2003 ), German aeronautical engineer.
August 11 –
Norman Levinson (died
1975 ), American
mathematician .
August 13 –
Salvador Luria (died
1991 ), Italian-born
biologist , winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
August 30 –
Edward Mills Purcell (died
1997 ), American physicist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physics .
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September 7 –
David Packard (died
1996 ), American
electronics engineer .
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September 22 –
Herbert Mataré (died
2011 ), German physicist.
October 1 –
Kathleen Ollerenshaw (died
2014 ), English mathematician.
November 14 –
Tung-Yen Lin (died
2003 ), Chinese-born
civil engineer .
November 19 –
George Emil Palade (died
2008 ),
Romanian -born
microbiologist , winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
November 22 –
Paul Zamecnik (died
2009 ), American scientist playing a central role in the early
history of molecular biology .
Deaths
February 10 –
Joseph Lister (born 1827), English inventor of
antiseptic .
February 12 –
Osborne Reynolds (born 1842), British physicist.
March 19 –
Thomas Harrison Montgomery Jr. (born 1873), American zoologist and cell biologist.
March 28 –
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (born
1838 ), French chemist.
March 29
April 18 –
Martha Ripley (born
1843 ), American physician.
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May 4 –
Nettie Stevens (born 1861), American
geneticist .
May 30 –
Wilbur Wright (born 1867), American aviation pioneer.
July 17 –
Henri Poincaré (born 1854), French mathematician.
August 7 –
François-Alphonse Forel (born 1841),
Swiss pioneer of
limnology .
November 23 –
Charles Bourseul (born
1829 ), French
telegraph engineer.
December 17 –
Spiru Haret (born
1851 ), Romanian mathematician, astronomer and politician.
December 21 –
Paul Gordan (born
1837 ), German Jewish mathematician, "the king of
invariant theory ".
References
^ Stephenson, F. R.; Morrison, L. V.; Whitrow, G. J. (1984).
"Long-Term Changes in the Rotation of the Earth: 700 B.C. to A.D. 1980" (PDF) .
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A . 313 (1524). London: 47–70.
Bibcode :
1984RSPTA.313...47S .
doi :
10.1098/rsta.1984.0082 .
ISSN
0080-4614 .
S2CID
120566848 . Retrieved May 24, 2012 .
^ Just The Facts-Inventions & Discoveries . School Specialty Publishing. 2005.
^ Thomson, J. J. (1912).
"XIX. Further experiments on positive rays" . Philosophical Magazine . Series 6. 24 (140). London: 209–253.
doi :
10.1080/14786440808637325 .
^ Thomson, J. J. (1910).
"LXXXIII. Rays of positive electricity" . Philosophical Magazine . Series 6. 20 (118). London: 752–767.
doi :
10.1080/14786441008636962 .
^ Deutsche Reichs Patent no. 281687 (4 July 1913); abstract in Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry (London) 34 (1915) p. 623.
^ Bernschneider-Reif, S.; Oxler, F.; Freudenmann, R. W. (2006). "The Origin of MDMA ("Ecstasy") – Separating the Facts From the Myths".
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^ Firma E. Merck in Darmstadt (May 16, 1914).
"German Patent 274350: Verfahren zur Darstellung von Alkyloxyaryl-, Dialkyloxyaryl- und Alkylendioxyarylaminopropanen bzw. deren am Stickstoff monoalkylierten Derivaten" . Kaiserliches Patentamt. Retrieved April 12, 2009 .
^ Firma E. Merck in Darmstadt (October 15, 1914).
"German Patent 279194: Verfahren zur Darstellung von Hydrastinin Derivaten" . Kaiserliches Patentamt. Retrieved April 12, 2009 .
^ Wegener, Alfred (January 6, 1912). "Die Herausbildung der Grossformen der Erdrinde (Kontinente und Ozeane), auf geophysikalischer Grundlage". Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen . 63 : 185–195, 253–256, 305–309.
^ Demhardt, Imre Josef (2005).
"Alfred Wegener's Hypothesis on Continental Drift and Its Discussion in Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen (1912–1942)" (PDF) . Polarforschung . 75 : 29–35. Retrieved April 18, 2011 .
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^ Hashimoto, H. (1912). "Zur Kenntnis der lymphomatösen Veränderung der Schilddrüse (Struma lymphomatosa)". Archiv für Klinische Chirurgie (in German). 97 : 219–248.
^
"ThyssenKrupp Nirosta: History" . Archived from
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^ Carlisle, Rodney P. (2004).
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^ "A non-rusting steel".
The New York Times . January 31, 1915.
^ To the
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A Night to Remember . New York: Holt.
^ Brooks, John (2003). "The Admiralty Fire Control Tables". Warship : 69–93.
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Blom, Philipp (2008).
The Vertigo Years: Change and Culture in the West, 1900-1914 . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. p.
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ISBN
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"These Nobel Prize Winners Weren't Always Noble" . National Geographic News . October 6, 2015. Archived from
the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021 .
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"Alan Turing | Biography, Facts, & Education" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
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"E.M. Purcell | American physicist" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved May 17, 2021 .
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"Obituary: David Packard" . The Independent . March 28, 1996.
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Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey ;
Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000).
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z . Taylor & Francis. p. 1102.
ISBN
978-0-415-92040-7 .