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Overview of the events of 1934 in science
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 .