1978 in science
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The year 1978 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Computer science
- February 16 - The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
[edit] Awards
- Fields Prize in Mathematics: Pierre Deligne, Charles Fefferman, Grigory Margulis and Daniel Quillen
- Nobel Prizes
- Turing Award - Robert Floyd
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Kurt Gödel (b. 1906), American mathematician.
- March 31 - Charles Best (b. 1899), medical scientist
- September 15 - Willy Messerschmitt (b. 1898), German aircraft engineer.
- November 15 - Margaret Mead (b. 1901), cultural anthropologist.
