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* January 5 – [[Harold Urey]] (b. [[1893 in science|1893]]), [[Americans|American]] winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. |
* January 5 – [[Harold Urey]] (b. [[1893 in science|1893]]), [[Americans|American]] winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. |
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* March 9 – [[Max Delbrück]] (b. [[1906 in science|1906]]), [[Germans|German]] [[biologist]]. |
* March 9 – [[Max Delbrück]] (b. [[1906 in science|1906]]), [[Germans|German]] [[biologist]]. |
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* July 4 - [[Niels Erik Nørlund]] (b. [[1885 in science|1885]]), [[[[Denmark|Danish]] [[mathematician]]. |
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* July 31 – [[Ernest Melville DuPorte]] (b. [[1891 in science|1891]]), [[Black Canadians|Black Canadian]] [[Insect morphology|insect morphologist]]. |
* July 31 – [[Ernest Melville DuPorte]] (b. [[1891 in science|1891]]), [[Black Canadians|Black Canadian]] [[Insect morphology|insect morphologist]]. |
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* November 22 – [[Hans Adolf Krebs|Hans Krebs]] (b. [[1900 in science|1900]]), German [[medical doctor]] and [[biochemist]]; discoverer of the [[citric acid cycle]]. |
* November 22 – [[Hans Adolf Krebs|Hans Krebs]] (b. [[1900 in science|1900]]), German [[medical doctor]] and [[biochemist]]; discoverer of the [[citric acid cycle]]. |
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The year 1981 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
Biology
- Publication of Stephen Jay Gould's critique of biological determinism, The Mismeasure of Man, in the United States.
Computer science
- April 3 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
- August 12 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.[1]
Medicine
- April 26 - Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco, performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
- June 5 - AIDS pandemic begins when the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an unusual cluster of Pneumocystis pneumonia in five homosexual men in Los Angeles.[2]
- Dr. Bruce Reitz performs the first successful heart–lung transplant on Mary Gohlke at Stanford Hospital.
Space exploration
- April 12 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
Technology
- July 7 – Electric aircraft Solar Challenger, designed by an American team led by Paul MacCready and piloted by Stephen Ptacek, makes a 163 mile (262 km) crossing of the English Channel using only solar power from wing-mounted photovoltaic cells.
Awards
Births
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Deaths
- January 5 – Harold Urey (b. 1893), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- March 9 – Max Delbrück (b. 1906), German biologist.
- July 4 - Niels Erik Nørlund (b. 1885), [[Danish mathematician.
- July 31 – Ernest Melville DuPorte (b. 1891), Black Canadian insect morphologist.
- November 22 – Hans Krebs (b. 1900), German medical doctor and biochemist; discoverer of the citric acid cycle.
- December 6 – Harry Harlow (b. 1905), American psychologist.
References
- ^ Bellis, Mary. "IBM History". About.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ "Pneumocystis pneumonia — Los Angeles". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 30 (21). Centers for Disease Control: 250–2. 1981. PMID 6265753.
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