1949 in science

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The year 1949 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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[edit] Astronomy and space exploration

  • June 14 - Albert II, a Rhesus Monkey, becomes the first mammal in space, in a U.S.-launched V2 rocket, reaching an altitude of 83 miles (134 km) but dying on impact after a parachute failure.

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[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Crowfoot, D.; Bunn, Charles W.; Rogers-Low, Barbara W.; Turner-Jones, Annette (1949). "X-ray crystallographic investigation of the structure of penicillin". In Clarke, H. T.; Johnson, J. R.; Robinson, R. (ed). Chemistry of Penicillin. Princeton University Press. pp. 310–367. 
  2. ^ Glusker, Jenny P. (1994). "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994)". Protein Science 3: 2465–2469. doi:10.1002.2/pro.5560031233. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2142778/pdf/7757003.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-13. 
  3. ^ "Pioneer computer to be rebuilt". Cam 62: 5. Lent 2011. 
  4. ^ "Today in Earthquake History: August 5". United States Geological Survey. 2009-12-18. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=8&day=5&submit=View+Date. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
  5. ^ Cade, J. F. J. (1949). "Lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement" (PDF). Medical Journal of Australia 2 (10): 349–52. PMID 18142718. http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/2000/issue4/classics.pdf. 
  6. ^ Dyson, F. J. (1949). "The radiation theories of Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman". Physical Review 75 (3): 486–502. Bibcode 1949PhRv...75..486D. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.75.486. 
  7. ^ Dyson, F. J. (1949). "The S matrix in quantum electrodynamics". Physical Review 75 (11): 1736–1755. Bibcode 1949PhRv...75.1736D. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.75.1736. 
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