1948 in science

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The year 1948 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Computer science 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Computer science

• Claude E. Shannon publishes his A Mathematical Theory of Communication.

[edit] Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett
  • Chemistry - Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius
  • Medicine - Paul Hermann Müller

[edit] Births

• September 2 - Christa McAuliffe (d. 1986), astronaut.
• March 9 - Laszlo Lovasz, computer scientist.

[edit] Deaths