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Overview of the events of 1917 in science
The year 1917 in
science and
technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Biology
Mathematics
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Paul Ehrenfest gives a conditional principle for a three-dimensional space.
Medicine
Physics
Technology
Awards
Births
- January 19 –
Graham Higman (died
2008), English
mathematician.
- January 25 –
Ilya Prigogine (died
2003), Russian-born winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- February 14 –
Herbert A. Hauptman (died
2011), American mathematical
biophysicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- March 23 –
Howard McKern (died
2009), Australian
analytical and
organic chemist.
- March 24 –
John Kendrew (died
1997), English
molecular biologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- April 10 –
Robert Burns Woodward (died
1979), American organic chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- April 18 –
Brian Harold Mason (died
2009), New Zealand-born
geochemist and
mineralogist who was one of the pioneers in the study of
meteorites.
- May 14 –
W. T. Tutte (died
2002), English-born mathematician and
cryptanalyst.
- June 1 –
William S. Knowles (died
2012), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- June 2 –
Heinz Sielmann (died
2006), German zoological filmmaker.
- June 15 –
John Fenn (died
2010), American analytical chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- July 1 –
Humphry Osmond (died
2004), English-born
psychiatrist.
- July 15 –
Walter S. Graf (died
2015), American
cardiologist and pioneer of
paramedic
emergency medical services.
- July 22 –
H. Boyd Woodruff (died
2017), American
microbiologist.
- August 21 –
Xu Shunshou (died
1968), Chinese
aeronautical engineer.
- September 23 –
Asima Chatterjee, née Mookerjee (died
2006),
Indian
organic chemist.
- October 2 –
Christian de Duve (died
2013), English-born
Belgian
biologist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- October 8 –
Rodney Porter (died
1985), English
biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- November 22 –
Andrew Huxley (died
2012), English winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- December 9 –
James Rainwater (died
1986), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- December 16 –
Arthur C. Clarke (died
2008), English-born science fiction author and inventor.
- December 20 –
David Bohm (died
1992), American-born theoretical physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist.
Deaths
References
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^ Ishihara, S. (1917). Tests for Colour-Blindness. Handaya, Tokyo: Hongo Harukicho.
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^ Brewerton, Emma (2016-12-12).
"Ernest Rutherford". New Zealand History. Retrieved 2017-06-16.