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The year 1956 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Biology

Climatology

  • May – Gilbert Plass publishes his seminal article "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climate Change".[3]

Computer science

Mathematics

Medicine

Physics

Psychology

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Harman, Denham (1956). "Aging: a theory based on free radical and radiation chemistry". Journal of Gerontology. 11 (3): 298–300. doi:10.1093/geronj/11.3.298. PMID 13332224.
  2. ^ Whitten, W. K. (14 January 1956). "Culture of Tubal Mouse Ova" (PDF). Nature. 177 (4498): 96. doi:10.1038/177096a0. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  3. ^ Plass, Gilbert N. (1956). "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climate Change". Tellus. 8 (2): 140–54. doi:10.1111/j.2153-3490.1956.tb01206.x. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  4. ^ Burwell, C. Sidney; Robin, Eugene D.; Whaley, Robert D.; Bicklemann, Albert G.; (1956). "Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation – a Pickwickian syndrome". The American Journal of Medicine. 21 (5): 811–8. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(56)90094-8. PMID 13362309. Retrieved 2014-07-03.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Reproduced as Burwell, C.S.; Robin, E. D.; Whaley, R. D.; Bicklemann, A. G.; (1994). "Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation; a Pickwickian syndrome". Obesity Research. 2 (4): 390–7. doi:10.1002/j.1550-8528.1994.tb00084.x. PMID 16353591.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "The Reines-Cowan Experiments: Detecting the Poltergeist" (PDF). Los Alamos Science. 25: 3. 1997.
  6. ^ Cooper, Leon N. (1956). "Bound electron pairs in a degenerate Fermi gas" (PDF). Physical Review. 104 (4): 1189–1190. Bibcode:1956PhRv..104.1189C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.104.1189. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  7. ^ Bensinger, Charles (1981). "All About Videotape". VideoPreservation Website. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  8. ^ "Some Quad History". Quad Videotape Group. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  9. ^ "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956.
  10. ^ "Sellafield Sites, Site history". Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  11. ^ Wilson, Stewart (2000). Combat Aircraft since 1945. Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd. p. 38. ISBN 1-875671-50-1.
  12. ^ Epand, Len (April 1976). "A Phantom Orchestra at Your Fingertips" (PDF). Crawdaddy!: A27–A28. Retrieved 2011-12-16.