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Overview of the events of 1905 in science
The year 1905 in science and technology involved some significant events, particularly in physics, listed below.
Albert Einstein Astronomy [ edit ] Biology [ edit ] Chemistry [ edit ] Mathematics [ edit ] Paleontology [ edit ] Physics [ edit ] Albert Einstein (at this time resident in Bern ) completes his doctoral thesis, A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions [7] University of Zurich on July 30, and publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papersAnnalen der Physik physics , and its 100th anniversary (2005 ) is declared the World Year of Physics .
"On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light ", received March 18 and published June 9, explains the photoelectric effect through quantum mechanics .[8]
"Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen " ("On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat"), based on his doctoral research, received May 11 and published July 18, delineates a stochastic model of Brownian motion .[9]
"On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", received June 30 and published September 26, formulates his theory of special relativity .[10]
"Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", received September 27 and published November 21, deduces the law of mass–energy equivalence , E = mc ².[11] Physiology and medicine [ edit ] Psychology [ edit ] Technology [ edit ] February 1 – Emilio Segrè (died 1989 ), Italian-born physicist , Nobel laureate
February 17 – Rózsa Péter (died 1977 ), Hungarian mathematician , "founding mother of recursive function theory "
February 23 – Derrick Henry Lehmer (died 1991 ), American mathematician
March 18 – Thomas Townsend Brown (died 1985 ), American inventor
March 26 – Viktor Frankl (died 1997 ), Austrian psychotherapist
March 27 – Elsie MacGill (died 1980 ), Canadian aeronautical engineer , "Queen of the Hurricanes"
April 13 – Bruno Rossi (died 1993 ), Italian physicist and astronomer
April 18 – George H. Hitchings (died 1998 ), American scientist, Nobel laureate in Medicine
April 20 – Albrecht Unsöld (died 1995 ), German astronomer
July 7 – Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin (died 1972 ), French mathematician
August 1 – Helen Sawyer Hogg (died 1993 ), American-born astronomer
August 11 – Erwin Chargaff (died 2002 ), Austro-Hungarian-born biochemist
August 16 – Marian Rejewski (died 1980 ), Polish mathematician and cryptologist
August 31 – Robert Bacher (died 2004 ), American nuclear physicist
September 3 – Carl David Anderson (died 1991 ), American physicist, Nobel laureate
September 17 – Hans Freudenthal (died 1990 ), American mathematician
September 22 – Eugen Sänger (died 1964 ), Austrian-born aerospace engineer
September 24 – Severo Ochoa (died 1993 ), Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate
September 30 – Nevill Francis Mott (died 1996 ), English physicist, Nobel laureate
October 15 – C. P. Snow (died 1980 ), English physicist and novelist
October 22
October 31 – Harry Harlow (died 1981 ), American psychologist
November 10 – Louis Harold Gray (died 1965 ), English physicist, inventor of the field of radiobiology
December 7 – Gerard Kuiper (died 1973 ), Dutch-born astronomer
December 16 – Piet Hein (died 1996 ), Danish mathematician
December 22 – Tommy Flowers (died 1998 ), English computer engineer January 4 – Paul Henry (born 1848 ), French astronomer
January 14 – Ernst Abbe (born 1840 ), German physicist
March 24 – Jules Verne (born 1828 ), French science fiction author
April 14 – Otto Wilhelm von Struve (born 1819 ), Russian astronomer
June 18 – Per Teodor Cleve (born 1840 ), Swedish chemist
August 20 – Franz Reuleaux (born 1829 ), German mechanical engineer
September 19 – Thomas Barnardo (born 1845 ), Irish-born physician and philanthropist
October 6 – Ferdinand von Richthofen (born 1833 ), German geologist
November 14 – Robert Whitehead (born 1823 ), English marine engineer
November 15 (O.S. November 2) – Ivan Sechenov (born 1829), "the father of Russian physiology " References [ edit ]
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