Overview of the events of 1934 in science
The year 1934 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
History of science and technology [ edit ] Physiology and medicine [ edit ] February 15 – Niklaus Wirth (died 2024 ), Swiss computer scientist. March 4 – Janez Strnad , Slovenian physicist. March 5 – Daniel Kahneman (died 2024), Israeli -American psychologist , winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences . March 6 – Milton Diamond , American sexologist and professor of anatomy and reproductive biology. March 9 – Yuri Gagarin (died 1968 ), Russian cosmonaut , the first man in space . March 14 – Eugene Cernan (died 2017 ), American astronaut , the last man to walk on the Moon (1972) March 23 – Ludvig Faddeev (died 2017), Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist. March 31 – Carlo Rubbia , Italian winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics . April 2 – Paul Cohen (died 2007 ), American mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal . April 3 – Jane Goodall , English primatologist . April – Dona Strauss , South African-born mathematician. May 21 – Bengt I. Samuelsson , Swedish biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . May 23 May 30 – Alexei Leonov (died 2019 ), Russian cosmonaut, the first man to walk in space. July 7 – Robert McNeill Alexander (died 2016 ), British zoologist, authority on animal locomotion. September 21 – David J. Thouless (died 2019), Scottish-born winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. November 9 – Carl Sagan (died 1996 ), American astronomer . November 27 – Gilbert Strang , American mathematician. January 6 – Fernand Lataste (born 1847 ), French zoologist. January 14 – Ioan Cantacuzino (born 1863 ), Romanian microbiologist . January 29 – Fritz Haber (born 1868 ), German chemist . February 25 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (born 1858 ), American botanist . April 9 – Oskar von Miller (born 1855 ), German electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum . April 10 – Cecilia Grierson (born 1859 ), Argentine physician and reformer. April 21 – Carsten Borchgrevink (born 1864 ), Norwegian Antarctic explorer. July 4 – Marie Curie (born 1867 ), Polish-born French physicist .[ 11] October 17 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (born 1852 ), Spanish winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . September 27 – Ellen Willmott (born 1858 ), English horticulturist . November 16 – Carl von Linde (born 1842 ), German refrigeration engineer. November 20 – Willem de Sitter (born 1872 ), Dutch mathematician , physicist and astronomer . December 2 – T. H. E. C. Espin (born 1858 ), English astronomer, scientist and clergyman. December 10 – Theobald Smith (born 1859 ), American bacteriologist . December 31 – Cornelia Clapp (born 1859 ), American marine biologist[ 12] William Hoskins (born 1862 ), American inventor . ^ Davies, Michael B.; Austin, John; Partridge, David A. (1991). Vitamin C: Its Chemistry and Biochemistry . London: Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-85186-333-7 . ^ "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, OM" . Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-01-13 . ^ Fermi, Enrico (1934-03-25). "Radioattività indotta da bombardamento di neutroni" . La Ricerca Scientifica . 1 (5): 283. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2013-10-20 . ^ Tabern, D. L.; Volwiler, E. H. (1935). "Sulfur-containing barbiturate hypnotics". Journal of the American Chemical Society . 57 (10): 1961–3. doi :10.1021/ja01313a062 . ^ Wells, W. F. (1934). "On Air-Borne Infection" . American Journal of Epidemiology . 20 (3): 611–618. doi :10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a118097 . ^ Patarca-Montero, R. (2004). Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise . New York: Haworth Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-7890-2196-0 . ^ von Hevesy, G.; Hofer, E. (1934). "Die Verweilzeit des Wassers im Menschlichen Körper. Untersucht mit Hilfe von "schwerem" Wasser als Indicator". Klinische Wochenschrift . 13 : 1524. doi :10.1007/BF01779120 . S2CID 23696178 . ^ Challoner, Jack, ed. (2009). 1001 Inventions That Changed the World . London: Cassell. pp. 634–5. ISBN 978-1-84403-611-0 . ^ US patent 1956350 , Laurens Hammond, "Electrical Musical Instrument ", issued 1934-04-24 ^ Bradford, Samuel C. (1934-01-26). "Sources of Information on Specific Subjects". Engineering . 137 : 85–86. ^ "BBC – History – Marie Curie" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 20 January 2020 . ^ Reynolds, Moira Davison (2004). American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000 . Jefferson NC: McFarland. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-78642-161-9 .