1921 in science

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The year 1921 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents 1 Chemistry 2 Medicine 3 Physics 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Chemistry

• Thomas Midgley discovers the effective anti-knocking properties of Tetra-ethyl lead, which is used in "leaded" gasoline (petrol).

[edit] Medicine

• July 18 - The first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis.
• July 27 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.

[edit] Physics

• T. Kaluza demonstrates that a five-dimensional version of Albert Einstein's equations unifies gravitation and electromagnetism.

[edit] Awards

• Nobel Prize
  • Physics - Albert Einstein
  • Chemistry - Frederick Soddy
  • Physiology or Medicine - not awarded

[edit] Births

• May 21 - Andrei Sakharov (d. 1989), physicist, human rights activist, Nobel Laurette in Peace
• July 15 - Bruce Merrifield (d. 2006), Nobelaureate in Chemistry (1984) for developing a rapid, automated system for making peptides.

[edit] Deaths

• March 29 - John Burroughs (b. 1837), naturalist.
• October 23 - John Boyd Dunlop (b. 1840), inventor.