1949 in science

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The year 1949 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Computer science 2 Chemistry 3 Meteorology 4 Awards 5 Births

[edit] Computer science

• June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.

[edit] Chemistry

• Radiocarbon dating technique discovered by Willard Libby and his colleagues at the University of Chicago — work for which Libby received the Nobel prize in 1960.

[edit] Meteorology

• January 11 - Los Angeles, California receives its first recorded snowfall.

[edit] Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Yukawa Hideki
  • Chemistry - William Francis Giauque
  • Medicine - Walter Rudolf Hess, Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

[edit] Births

• February 19 - Danielle Bunten Berry (d. 1998), also known as Dan Bunten, software developer.
• April 5 - Judith Resnik (d. 1986), astronaut.
• May 24 - Tomaž Pisanski, mathematician