1992 in science

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The year 1992 in science and technology involved many significant events, some listed below.

Contents

1 Astronomy
2 Mathematics
3 Medicine
4 Physics
5 Awards
6 Deaths
7 References

Astronomy

First confirmed detection of extrasolar planets with the discovery of several terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail.
Asteroid 5751 Zao is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.

Mathematics

International Society for Bayesian Analysis founded by Arnold Zellner.^[1]

Medicine

October - First Cochrane Centre opens (in the UK) and the first Cochrane Review Groups (Pregnancy & Childbirth and Subfertility) are registered.
October 29 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.

Physics

Hungary becomes a member of CERN.

Awards

Deaths

April 6 - Isaac Asimov (b. 1920), American science author.
April 10 - Peter D. Mitchell (b. 1920), English Nobel laureate in chemistry.
August 26 - Daniel Gorenstein (b. 1923), American mathematician.
November 5 - Jan Oort (b. 1900), Dutch astronomer.

References

^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.