1956 in science
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The year 1956 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Biology
- Wesley K. Whitten reports developing eight-cell mouse ova to blastocyst stage in vitro.[1]
[edit] Computer science
- September 13 - The hard disk drive is invented by an IBM team led by Reynold B. Johnson.
[edit] Medicine
- Asian flu pandemic originates in China.
- Minimata Disease is discovered.
[edit] Physics
- Existence of the antineutron is experimentally confirmed by University of California, Berkeley physicist Bruce Cork.
- DIDO heavy water enriched uranium nuclear reactor begins operation at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Oxfordshire.
[edit] Technology
- August 27 - Calder Hall nuclear power station in England is first connected to the National Grid. This Magnox plant is the world's first nuclear power station to deliver electricity in commercial quantities.[2]
- November 11 - First flight of Convair B-58, the first supersonic jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight,[3] designed by Robert H. Widmer.
- First Chamberlin electro-mechanical keyboard instrument, developed and patented by Wisconsin inventor Harry Chamberlin, is introduced.[4]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- April 26 - David M. Brown (d. 2003), American astronaut.
- October 19 - Carlo Urbani (d. 2003), physician, discoverer of SARS.
[edit] Deaths
- February 3 - Émile Borel (b. 1871), mathematician.
- March 17 - Irène Joliot-Curie (b. 1897), scientist.
- March 22 - George Sarton (b. 1884), historian of science.
- September 22 - Frederick Soddy (b. 1877), physical chemist.
- November 10 - Henry Luke Bolley (b. 1865), plant pathologist.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitten, W. K. (14 January 1956). "Culture of Tubal Mouse Ova". Nature 177 (4498): 96. doi:10.1038/177096a0. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v177/n4498/pdf/177096a0.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956.
- ^ Wilson, Stewart (2000). Combat Aircraft since 1945. Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd. p. 38. ISBN 1-875671-50-1.
- ^ Epand, Len (April 1976). "A Phantom Orchestra at Your Fingertips" (PDF). Crawdaddy!: A27-A28. http://egrefin.free.fr/images/Chamberlin/HCInterview.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
