1937 in science

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The year 1937 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents

Astronomy

  • June 8 - First total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru.

Biology

Chemistry

Computer science

Mathematics

Medicine

Physics

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Arthur B. (1987). "Jay Laurence Lush". Biographical Memoirs (United States: National Academy of Sciences) 57: 279. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1000&page=279. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  2. ^ Heiserman, D. L. (1992). "Element 43: Technetium". Exploring Chemical Elements and their Compounds. New York: TAB Books. p. 164. ISBN 0-8306-3018-X. 
  3. ^ Emsley, John (2001). Nature's Building Blocks: an A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford University Press. p. 424. ISBN 0-19-850340-7. http://books.google.com/?id=Yhi5X7OwuGkC&pg=PA423. 
  4. ^ Perrier, C.; Segrè, E. (1947). "Technetium: the Element of Atomic Number 43". Nature 159 (4027): 24. doi:10.1038/159024a0. PMID 20279068. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v159/n4027/pdf/159024a0.pdf. 
  5. ^ Poundstone, William (2005). "Fortune's Formula: the Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street". New York: Hill & Wang. ISBN 0-8090-4637-7. 
  6. ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8. 
  7. ^ Whitehead, George W. (1953). "On the Freudenthal Theorems". Annals of Mathematics 57 (2): 209–228. doi:10.2307/1969855. JSTOR 1969855. MR 0055683. 
  8. ^ "An expectant public". 60 years of NHS Scotland. 2008. http://www.60yearsofnhsscotland.co.uk/history/birth-of-nhs-scotland/an-expectant-public.html. Retrieved 2011-04-21. 
  9. ^ Wigner, E. (1937). "On the Consequences of the Symmetry of the Nuclear Hamiltonian on the Spectroscopy of Nuclei". Physical Review 51 (2): 106–119. Bibcode 1937PhRv...51..106W. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.51.106. 

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