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1918 in science

The year 1918 CE in science and technology consisted of several events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1917 in science, other events of 1918, 1919 in science and the list of years in science.

Physics

J. Lense and Hans Thirring find the gravitomagnetic precession of gyroscopes in the equations of general relativity
Hans Reissner and Gunnar Nordström solve the Einstein-Maxwell field equations for charged spherically-symmetric non-rotating systems
Friedrich Kottler gets Schwarzschild solution without Einstein vacuum field equations

Births

March 16 - Frederick Reines, future physicist
May 11 - Richard Feynman, future physicist
July 15 - Bertram N. Brockhouse, future physicist
August 13 - Frederick Sanger, future molecular biologist

Deaths

January 6 - Georg Cantor, mathematician

Nobel Prizes

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
Fritz Haber is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Referenced By

1832 in science | 1834 in science | 1837 in science | 1850 in science | 1917 in science | 1918 | 1919 in science | List of 'years in science' | List of years in science

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