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Overview of the events of 1905 in science
The year 1905 in science and technology involved some significant events, particularly in physics, listed below.
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (at this time resident in Bern ) completes his doctoral thesis, A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions [ 7] University of Zurich on July 30, and publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papersAnnalen der Physik physics , and its 100th anniversary (2005 ) is declared the World Year of Physics .
"On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light ", received March 18 and published June 9, explains the photoelectric effect through quantum mechanics .[ 8]
"Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen " ("On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat"), based on his doctoral research, received May 11 and published July 18, delineates a stochastic model of Brownian motion .[ 9]
"On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", received June 30 and published September 26, formulates his theory of special relativity .[ 10]
"Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", received September 27 and published November 21, deduces the law of mass–energy equivalence , E = mc ².[ 11] Physiology and medicine [ edit ] February 1 – Emilio Segrè (died 1989 ), Italian-born physicist , Nobel laureate
February 17 – Rózsa Péter (died 1977 ), Hungarian mathematician , "founding mother of recursive function theory "
February 23 – Derrick Henry Lehmer (died 1991 ), American mathematician
March 18 – Thomas Townsend Brown (died 1985 ), American inventor
March 26 – Viktor Frankl (died 1997 ), Austrian psychotherapist
March 27 – Elsie MacGill (died 1980 ), Canadian aeronautical engineer , "Queen of the Hurricanes"
April 13 – Bruno Rossi (died 1993 ), Italian physicist and astronomer
April 18 – George H. Hitchings (died 1998 ), American scientist, Nobel laureate in Medicine
April 20 – Albrecht Unsöld (died 1995 ), German astronomer
July 7 – Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin (died 1972 ), French mathematician
August 1 – Helen Sawyer Hogg (died 1993 ), American-born astronomer
August 11 – Erwin Chargaff (died 2002 ), Austro-Hungarian-born biochemist
August 16 – Marian Rejewski (died 1980 ), Polish mathematician and cryptologist
August 31 – Robert Bacher (died 2004 ), American nuclear physicist
September 3 – Carl David Anderson (died 1991 ), American physicist, Nobel laureate
September 17 – Hans Freudenthal (died 1990 ), American mathematician
September 22 – Eugen Sänger (died 1964 ), Austrian-born aerospace engineer
September 24 – Severo Ochoa (died 1993 ), Spanish biochemist, Nobel laureate
September 30 – Nevill Francis Mott (died 1996 ), English physicist, Nobel laureate
October 15 – C. P. Snow (died 1980 ), English physicist and novelist
October 22
October 31 – Harry Harlow (died 1981 ), American psychologist
November 10 – Louis Harold Gray (died 1965 ), English physicist, inventor of the field of radiobiology
December 7 – Gerard Kuiper (died 1973 ), Dutch-born astronomer
December 16 – Piet Hein (died 1996 ), Danish mathematician
December 22 – Tommy Flowers (died 1998 ), English computer engineer January 4 – Paul Henry (born 1848 ), French astronomer
January 14 – Ernst Abbe (born 1840 ), German physicist
March 24 – Jules Verne (born 1828 ), French science fiction author
April 14 – Otto Wilhelm von Struve (born 1819 ), Russian astronomer
June 18 – Per Teodor Cleve (born 1840 ), Swedish chemist
August 20 – Franz Reuleaux (born 1829 ), German mechanical engineer
September 19 – Thomas Barnardo (born 1845 ), Irish-born physician and philanthropist
October 6 – Ferdinand von Richthofen (born 1833 ), German geologist
November 14 – Robert Whitehead (born 1823 ), English marine engineer
November 15 (O.S. November 2) – Ivan Sechenov (born 1829), "the father of Russian physiology "
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