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1937 in science

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The year 1937 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy

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  • June 8 – First total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru.

Biology

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Chemistry

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Computer science

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Exploration

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Mathematics

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Medicine

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Physics

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Technology

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Awards

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Death of a Bali Tiger". Save The Tiger Fund. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  2. ^ Crawford, Meredith P. (1937). The Coöperative Solving of Problems by Young Chimpanzees. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.
  3. ^ Chapman, Arthur B. (1987). "Jay Laurence Lush". Biographical Memoirs. 57. United States: National Academy of Sciences: 279. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  4. ^ Heiserman, D. L. (1992). "Element 43: Technetium". Exploring Chemical Elements and their Compounds. New York: TAB Books. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8306-3018-9.
  5. ^ Emsley, John (2001). Nature's Building Blocks: an A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford University Press. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-19-850340-8.
  6. ^ Perrier, C.; Segrè, E. (1947). "Technetium: the Element of Atomic Number 43". Nature. 159 (4027): 24. Bibcode:1947Natur.159...24P. doi:10.1038/159024a0. PMID 20279068. S2CID 4136886.
  7. ^ Bockmuhl, M. (1948). "Über eine neue Klasse von analgetisch wirkenden Verbindungen". Ann. Chem. 52: 561.
  8. ^ Turing, A. M. (1937). "On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Series 2. 42: 230–265. doi:10.1112/plms/s2-42.1.230. S2CID 73712. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  9. ^ Poundstone, William (2005). Fortune's Formula: the Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. New York: Hill & Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-4637-9.
  10. ^ "British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37". Cambridge: Scott Polar Research Institute. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  11. ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
  12. ^ Whitehead, George W. (1953). "On the Freudenthal Theorems". Annals of Mathematics. 57 (2): 209–228. doi:10.2307/1969855. JSTOR 1969855. MR 0055683.
  13. ^ Goldberg, Michael (1937). "A class of multi-symmetric polyhedra". Tohoku Mathematical Journal. 43: 104–108.
  14. ^ Lesch, John (2007). "Chapter 7". The First Miracle Drugs (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518775-5.
  15. ^ Plotkin, S. L.; S. A. (2008). "A short history of vaccination". In Plotkin, Stanley A.; Orenstein, Walter A.; Offit, Paul A. (ed.). Vaccines. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "An expectant public". 60 years of NHS Scotland. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  17. ^ Einstein, Albert; Rosen, Nathan (January 1937). "On gravitational waves". Journal of the Franklin Institute. 223 (1). United States: 43–54. doi:10.1016/s0016-0032(37)90583-0. ISSN 0016-0032.
  18. ^ Wigner, E. (1937). "On the Consequences of the Symmetry of the Nuclear Hamiltonian on the Spectroscopy of Nuclei". Physical Review. 51 (2): 106–119. Bibcode:1937PhRv...51..106W. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.51.106.
  19. ^ GB 496883, "Improvements in or relating to thermionic valve amplifying circuits" 
  20. ^ "Electric toothbrush". Google Patents. 1937-12-13. Retrieved 2024-08-26.