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The year 1924 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy and space exploration
- November 23 – Edwin Hubble announces his discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.[1]
- The Einstein Tower near Potsdam, Germany, designed by Erich Mendelsohn, becomes operational as an astrophysical observatory.
- Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra, Australia, is established as the Commonwealth Solar Observatory.
- 1056 Azalea is discovered.
Biology
- The term "ectogenesis" is coined by British scientist J. B. S. Haldane to describe the growth of mammalian embryos in artificial environments.[2][3]
- California grizzly bear last sighted.
Biochemistry
- The first inactive tetanus vaccine (tetanus toxoid, TT) is discovered by Gaston Ramon, C. Zoeller and P. Descombey and produced.[4]
- The first George F. Dick and Gladys Dick.
History of science and technology
- December 17 – Dismantling of James Watt's workshop for display in the Science Museum, London, commences.[5]
Mathematics
- Stefan Banach and Alfred Tarski publish the Banach–Tarski paradox.[6]
- David Hilbert proposes Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel.[7]
Medicine
- German physiologist and psychiatrist electroencephalogram.[8]
- Johnson & Johnson begin mass producing Band-Aid.[9]
Paleontology
- October – The first specimen of Australopithecus africanus, the fossil skull of the "Taung Child", is identified in South Africa.[10]
Physics
- S. N. Bose and Albert Einstein publish papers in Zeitschrift für Physik applying Bose–Einstein statistics to light quanta and to atomic models and predicting existence of the Bose–Einstein condensate.
- rare gases for the same value of n. This leads to discovery of the Pauli exclusion principle which Wolfgang Paulifirst proposes in a letter at the end of the year.
- Louis de Broglie introduces the wave-model of atomic structure, based on the ideas of wave–particle duality.[12]
Technology
- February 5 – Hourly time signals from Royal Greenwich Observatoryare broadcast for the first time.
- February – John Logie Baird sends rudimentary television pictures over a short distance.[13]
- Václav Holek designs the ZB vz. 26 light machine gun for Zbrojovka Brno.
- The Brooklyn, New York.
- Kleenex available to the general public.[14]
Awards
- Nobel Prizes
- Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
- Medicine: Willem Einthoven
Births
- February – neuropsychologist
- February 21 – Thelma Estrin (died 2014), American computer scientist and biomedical engineer
- March 2 – Michael Sela (died 2022), Polish-born Israeli immunologist
- March 11 – Franco Basaglia (died 1980), Italian psychiatrist
- March 12 – Mary Lee Woods (died 2017), English mathematician and computer programmer
- March 23
- glaciologist(early environmental studies)
- Olga Kennard (died 2023), English crystallographer
- May 3 – Isadore Singer (died 2021), American mathematician
- May 7 – James Learmonth Gowans (died 2020), British immunologist
- May 11 – Antony Hewish (died 2021), English radioastronomer (Nobel Prize in Physics 1974)
- June 24 – pharmacologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988)
- July 8 – Robert M. Chanock (died 2010), American pediatrician and virologist
- July 15 – David Cox (died 2022), English statistician
- August 1 – John Clive Ward (died 2000), English-born physicist working in quantum electrodynamics
- September 10 – electronics engineer
- September 22 – aeronautical engineer
- September 26 – Jean Hoerni (died 1997), Swiss-born microelectronics engineer
- November 9 – Don Beaven (died 2009), New Zealand medical researcher in the area of diabetes treatment and prevention
- November 20 –
- December 30 – Yvonne Brill (died 2013), Canadian scientist best known for her work developing rocket and jet propulsion technologies
Deaths
- February 11 – physiologist
- February 27 – Émile Vallin (born 1833), French military physician.[15]
- March 22 – Sir William Macewen (born 1848), Scottish surgeon
- April 4 – neurologist
- April 24 – G. Stanley Hall (born 1844), American psychologist
- September 24 – forensic scientist
- October 1 – John Edward Campbell (born 1862), British mathematician
- December 27 – Agda Meyerson (born 1866), Swedish nurse and healthcare profession activist
References
- ISBN 9780307276605.
- ^ "Artificial Wombs Are Coming, but the Controversy Is Already Here". Motherboard. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- PMID 11649763.
- ISBN 978-0-01-706609-1. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ISBN 978-1-78023-375-8.
- .
- One Two Three ... Infinity. New York: Viking Press. p. 17.
- PMID 12486257.
- ^ "Band-Aid Brand: A History of Innovation". September 28, 2023.
- doi:10.1038/115195a0.
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- ^ "Louis de Broglie: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929". Nobel Lectures, Physics 1922–1941. Elsevier. 1965. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Landmark Dates". British TV History. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ "Kleenex Brand Story". September 28, 2023.
- ^ L. Vaillard; Agathe Floderer; Alexandre Wauthier. "Vallin Émile Arthur". cths.fr (in French). Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 11 February 2021.