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Overview of the events of 1934 in science
The year 1934 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy Chemistry History of science and technology Mathematics Physics Physiology and medicine Technology Publications Awards Births March 4 – Janez Strnad , Slovenian physicist
March 5 – Daniel Kahneman , Israeli -American psychologist , winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences .
March 9 – Yuri Gagarin (died 1968 ), Russian cosmonaut , the first man in space .
March 14 – Eugene Cernan (died 2017 ), American astronaut , the last man to walk on the moon for at least 45 years.
March 23 – Ludvig Faddeev (died 2017), Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist.
March 31 – Carlo Rubbia , Italian winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics .
April 2 – Paul Cohen (died 2007 ), American mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal .
April 3 – Jane Goodall , English primatologist .
April – Dona Strauss , South African-born mathematician.
May 21 – Bengt I. Samuelsson , Swedish biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
May 23
May 30 – Alexei Leonov (died 2019 ), Russian cosmonaut, the first man to walk in space.
July 7 – Robert McNeill Alexander (died 2016 ), British zoologist, authority on animal locomotion.
September 21 – David J. Thouless (died 2019), Scottish-born winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
November 9 – Carl Sagan (died 1996 ), American astronomer .
November 27 – Gilbert Strang , American mathematician. Deaths January 6 – Fernand Lataste (born 1847 ), French zoologist.
January 14 – Ioan Cantacuzino (born 1863 ), Romanian microbiologist .
January 29 – Fritz Haber (born 1868 ), German chemist .
February 25 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (born 1858 ), American botanist .
April 10 – Cecilia Grierson (born 1859 ), Argentine physician and reformer.
April 21 – Carsten Borchgrevink (born 1864 ), Norwegian Antarctic explorer.
July 4 – Marie Curie (born 1867 ), Polish-born French physicist .[10]
October 17 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (born 1852 ), Spanish winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
September 27 – Ellen Willmott (born 1858 ), English horticulturist .
November 16 – Carl von Linde (born 1842 ), German refrigeration engineer.
November 20 – Willem de Sitter (born 1872 ), Dutch mathematician , physicist and astronomer .
December 10 – Theobald Smith (born 1859 ), American bacteriologist .
William Hoskins (born 1862 ), American inventor .References
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