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Overview of the events of 1918 in science
The year 1918 in
science and
technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
Biology
Cryptography
History of science
Mathematics
Physics
Physiology and medicine
Technology
Awards
Births
- January 23 –
Gertrude B. Elion (died
1999), American
pharmacologist,
Nobel laureate.
- January 27 –
Antonín Mrkos (died
1996), Czech
astronomer.
- March 13 –
Marjorie Blamey (died
2019), English botanical illustrator.
- March 16 –
Frederick Reines (died
1998), American
physicist, Nobel laureate.
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- April 4 –
Joseph Ashbrook (died
1980), American astronomer.
- April 25 –
Gérard de Vaucouleurs (died
1995), French astronomer.
- May 11 –
Richard Feynman (died
1988), American physicist, Nobel laureate.
- May 20 –
Alexandra Illmer Forsythe (died
1980), American computer scientist
- June 6 –
Edwin G. Krebs (died
2009), American
biochemist, Nobel laureate.
- July 15
- July 16 –
Samuel Victor Perry (died
2009), English biochemist, pioneer in the field of muscle biochemistry.
- August 3 –
Cheng Kaijia (died
2018), Chinese
nuclear physicist.
- August 13 –
Frederick Sanger (died
2013), English
molecular biologist, double Nobel laureate.
- August 26 –
Katherine Johnson (died
2020), African American mathematician and space physicist.
- August 29 –
John Herivel (died
2011), British
cryptanalyst and science historian.
- September 8 –
Derek Barton (died 1998), English-born
organic chemist, Nobel laureate.
- September 27 –
Martin Ryle (died
1984), English
radio astronomer.
- October 4 –
Adrian Kantrowitz (died
2008), American
cardiac surgeon.
- November 10 –
Ernst Otto Fischer (died
2007), German
chemist, Nobel laureate.
- November 19 –
Hendrik C. van de Hulst (died
2000), Dutch astronomer.
- December 25 –
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (died
2001), Russian astronomer.
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Eleanor C. Pressly (died
2003), American mathematician and aeronautical engineer.
Deaths
- January 6 –
Georg Cantor (born
1845), German
mathematician.
- January 26 –
Ewald Hering (born
1834), German
physiologist.
- January 31 –
Ivan Puluj (born
1845), Austrian-born Ukrainian
physicist.
- April 20 –
Karl Ferdinand Braun (born
1850), German physicist, Nobel laureate.
- May 1 –
G. K. Gilbert (born
1843), American
geologist.
- May 31 –
Alexander Mitscherlich (born
1836), German
chemist.
- June 13 –
Samuel Jean de Pozzi (born
1846), French
gynaecologist.
- June 27 –
George Mary Searle (born
1839), American
astronomer.
- June 29 –
Alfred Senier (born
1853), Irish
chemist.
- September 7 –
Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (born
1832), Norwegian
mathematician.
- August 22 –
Korbinian Brodmann (born
1868), German
neurologist.
- October 28 –
Ulisse Dini (born
1845), Italian mathematician.
- November 3 –
Aleksandr Lyapunov (born
1857), Russian mathematician and physicist.
- November 29 –
Thomas Allinson (born
1858), English
physician and dietetic reformer.
- December 26 –
William Hampton Patton (born
1853), American entomologist.
- December 27 –
Birt Acres (born
1854), American-born English pioneer of
cinematography.
References
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^ Fabre, Jean-Henri (1918).
The Sacred Beetle, and others. Translated by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.
doi:
10.5962/bhl.title.8946.
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^ Loeb, Jacques (1918).
Forced movements, tropisms, and animal conduct. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott company.
doi:
10.5962/bhl.title.18452.
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^
Singh, Simon (1999).
The Code Book: the Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. London: Fourth Estate. p. 127.
ISBN
978-1-85702-879-9.
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^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 97.
ISBN
978-1-84724-008-8.
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^ "Mémoire sur l'itération des fonctions rationnelles".
Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. 8: 47–245.
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^
Barry, John M. (2005) [2004].
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. New York: Penguin Books.
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^
"La Grippe Espagnole de 1918".
Institut Pasteur. Archived from
the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
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^ Christopherson, J. B. (1918).
"The Successful Use of Antimony in Bilharziosis".
The Lancet. 192 (4958): 325.
doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(01)02807-0.
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^ Hamburger, H. J. (1918). "Anionenwanderungen in serum und blut unter dem einfluss von CO2, Saure und Akali". Biochemische Zeitschrift. 86: 309–324.
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^ Nicholson, Alexander M. Generating and transmitting electric currents
U.S. patent 2,212,845, granted August 27, 1940.
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^
U.S. patent 1,273,435.
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^
"Radio/Broadcasting Timeline". CBN History. WCBN. Archived from
the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
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^ London: The Admiralty.
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^
U.S. patent 1,394,450, granted October 18, 1921.
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^
"These Nobel Prize Winners Weren't Always Noble". National Geographic News. 6 October 2015. Archived from
the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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^ Wilford, John Noble (28 August 1998).
"Frederick Reines Dies at 80; Nobelist Discovered Neutrino".
The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.