1915 in science
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The year 1915 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet
- Einstein's new theory of general relativity used to explain Mercury's strange motions that baffled Urbain Le Verrier
[edit] Geology
- Alfred Wegener proposes the theory of Pangea
[edit] Physics
- Albert Einstein publishes his theory of general relativity.
- Arnold Sommerfeld develops a modified Bohr atomic model with elliptic orbits to explain relativistic fine structure
[edit] Technology
- Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising
- NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded
[edit] Awards
- Nobel Prize
- Physics - Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg
- Chemistry - Richard Martin Willstätter
- Medicine - not awarded
[edit] Births
- March 15 - Laurent Schwartz (d. 2002), mathematician.
- March 16 - Kunihiko Kodaira (d. 1997), mathematician.
- June 24 - Fred Hoyle (d. 2001), astronomer and science fiction writer.
- November 30 - Henry Taube (d. 2005), Nobelaureate in Chemistry (1983).
[edit] Deaths
- July 22 - Sir Sandford Fleming (b. 1827), Canadian engineer and surveyor known as the "father of time zones".
- December 19 - Alois Alzheimer (b. 1864), neuroscientist.fr:1915 en science
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