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Overview of the events of 1948 in science
The year 1948 in
science and
technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy and space science
Biology
Computer science
History of science
Medicine and human sciences
Meteorology
Physics
Technology
Publications
Awards
Births
January 30 –
Akira Yoshino ,
Japanese chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
March 1 –
Alison Richard ,
English
primatologist and academic.
March 9 –
László Lovász ,
Hungarian
computer scientist .
March 21 –
Robert Watson ,
British atmospheric chemist.
May –
David Mabberley , English-born plant taxonomist.
June 13 –
Nina L. Etkin (died
2009 ),
American
anthropologist and
biologist .
June 28 –
Kenneth Alan Ribet , American mathematician.
July 20 –
Martin Green ,
Australian
solar cell researcher.
August 4 –
Giorgio Parisi ,
Italian theoretical physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics .
August 7 –
James P. Allison , American immunologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
August 25 –
Nicholas A. Peppas ,
Greek
chemical and
biomedical engineer .
August 29 –
Robert S. Langer , American biomedical engineer.
August 30 –
Victor Skumin ,
Russian scientist ,
psychiatrist and
psychologist ; describes
Skumin syndrome in 1978.
September 2 –
Christa McAuliffe , born Sharon Christa Corrigan (died
1986 ), American
astronaut .
October 29 –
Frans de Waal ,
Dutch primatologist.
October 31 –
Mu-ming Poo ,
Chinese
neuroscientist .
December 30 –
Randy Schekman , American
cell biologist , recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Margaret Allen , American
cardiothoracic surgeon .
Robert Plomin , American-born
psychologist .
Deaths
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"The Post War Intellectual Roots of the Population Bomb: Fairfield Osborne's Our Plundered Planet and William Vogt's Road to Survival in retrospect" (PDF) . The Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development . 1 (3): 73–97. Archived from
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^ Alpher, R. A.;
Bethe, H. ; Gamow, G. (1948-04-01).
"The Origin of Chemical Elements" (PDF) .
Physical Review . 73 (7): 803–804.
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1948PhRv...73..803A .
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^ Casimir, H. B. G. (1948).
"On the attraction between two perfectly conducting plates" (PDF) . Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet . 51 : 793.
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^ "Columbia Diskery: CBS Show Microgroove Platters to Press; Tell How It Began".
Billboard : 3. 1948-06-26.
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ISBN
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