Overview of the events of 1954 in science
The year 1954 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy
- November 30 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, an 8.5 pound sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise; the first known modern case of a human being hit by a space rock.
Biology
Chemistry
Computer science
Geology
History of science
Mathematics
Medicine
Metrology
Physics
Psychology
Technology
Awards
Births
- January 16 – Morten P. Meldal, Danish Nobel Chemistry laureate, 2022.[28]
- February 9 – Kevin Warwick, English scientist, author of March of the Machines.
- March – Clare Marx, English surgeon.
- May 14 – Peter J. Ratcliffe, English cellular biologist, Nobel Medicine laureate, 2019.
- June 20 – Ilan Ramon (died 2003), Israeli astronaut.
- July 11 – Julia King, English materials engineer.
- July 17 – Angela Kasner, German physical chemist and Chancellor.
- August 28 – George M. Church, American geneticist, molecular engineer and chemist.
- September 5 – Myeong-Hee Yu, South Korean microbiologist.
- November 1 – Graham Colditz, Australian-born epidemiologist.
- November 7 – Vijay Kumar, Indian molecular biologist.
- Pat Hanrahan, American computer scientist.
- George McGavin, Scottish entomologist.
- Huda Zoghbi, Lebanese-born geneticist.
Deaths
References
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- ^ Arnon, Daniel I.; Allen, Mary B.; Whatley, F. R. (1954). "Photosynthesis by Isolated Chloroplasts". Nature. 174 (4426): 394–6. Bibcode:1954Natur.174..394A. doi:10.1038/174394a0. PMID 13194001. S2CID 2462316.
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- ^ Doll, Richard (1955). "Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers". British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 12 (6): 81–6. doi:10.1136/oem.50.6.485. PMC 1035472. PMID 8329311.
- ^ "Donor Of First Successful Organ Transplant Dies 56 Years Later". The Huffington Post. December 29, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ Stämpfli, R. (1954). "A new method for measuring membrane potentials with external electrodes". Experientia. 10 (12): 508–509. doi:10.1007/BF02166189. PMID 14353097. S2CID 41384989.
- ^ Akert, K. (August 1996). Swiss Contributions to the Neurosciences in Four Hundred Years: From the Renaissance to the Present. Verlag der Fachvereine Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zurich. ISBN 978-3728123626.
- ^ Hopkins, H. H.; Kapany, N. S. (1954). "A flexible fibrescope, using static scanning". Nature. 173 (4392): 39. Bibcode:1954Natur.173...39H. doi:10.1038/173039b0. S2CID 4275331.
- ^ "1954: foundations for European science". CERN. 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
- ^ Sherif, M.; Harvey, O. J.; White, B. J.; Hood, W.; Sherif, C. W. (1961). Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment. Norman, Oklahoma: University Book Exchange.
- ^ "Nuclear Power in Russia". World Nuclear Association. December 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ U.S. patent 2,682,235.
- ^ Bundy, F. P.; Hall, H. T.; Strong, H. M.; Wentorf, R. H. (1955). "Man-made diamonds" (PDF). Nature. 176 (4471): 51–55. Bibcode:1955Natur.176...51B. doi:10.1038/176051a0. S2CID 4266566. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2014.
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- ^ "Staley McBrayer, 92; Inventor of Offset Press for Newspaper Printing". Los Angeles Times. April 18, 2002. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022" (Press release). The Nobel Prize. October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ "Alan Turing | Biography, Facts, & Education". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 14, 2020.