In 1902 there were various scientific and technological events, some of which are presented below.
| 1902 in science |
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| 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 |
| 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 |
| 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 |
| Other events in 1902 |
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Events
- April 8 - private solar eclipse (maximum phase 0.0643) [1] .
- April 22 - total lunar eclipse eclipse in the equatorial zone of the Earth (phase 1.33) [2] .
- May 7 - a private solar eclipse (maximum phase 0.8593) [3] .
- October 17 - total lunar eclipse eclipse in the equatorial zone of the Earth (phase 1.46) [2] .
- October 31 - private solar eclipse (maximum phase 0.696) [4] .
Discoveries
- July 23 - Comet Grigg - Skellerup ( J. Grigg in New Zealand ), official name 26P / Grigg-Skjellerup, periodic comet of the Jupiter family.
- Oliver Heaviside predicted the existence of a Kennelly-Heaviside layer [5] .
- The mineral Anapait was first described.
Achievements
- in the study of an aqueous solution of radium bromide found that water under the influence of ionizing radiation decomposes into molecular oxygen and molecular hydrogen [6] [7] .
Publications
- Gibbs published the monograph Basic Principles of Statistical Mechanics , which had a great influence on the development of physics [8] .
Rewards
- Lomonosov Prize [9]
- B.I. Sreznevsky for studying the results of the impact of meteorological factors on various manifestations of life and, in particular, the drought of 1891 and the crop failure that accompanied it, dusty mists of 1892, severe winter of 1893, unprecedented barometric maxima of 1893, 1896 and 1900, etc. [10] .
- Nobel Prize
- Physics - Hendrick Anton Lorenz , Peter Zeeman , "For outstanding achievements in research on the influence of magnetism on radiation phenomena."
- Chemistry - Herman Emil Fischer , "For experiments on the synthesis of substances with saccharide and purine groups."
- Medicine and Physiology - Ronald Ross , "For his work on malaria , in which he showed how the pathogen enters the body, and thereby laid the foundation for further successful research in this area and the development of methods to combat malaria."
- Darwin Medal
- Sir Francis Galton
Born
Adrien Maurice Dirac
- May 3 - Alfred Kastler ( French: Alfred Kastler ), French physicist , Nobel laureate in physics ( 1966 ).
- May 8 - André Michel Lwoff ( fr. André Michel Lwoff ), French microbiologist , Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine ( 1965 ).
- June 16 - Barbara McClintock ( born Barbara McClintock ), an American scientist, one of the most prominent cytogenetics in the world, Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine ( 1983 ).
- June 28 - Vladimir Nikolaevich Peregudov , Soviet scientist, design engineer, general designer of the first Soviet nuclear submarine .
- July 11 - Samuel Abraham Goudsmit , an American theoretical physicist.
- July 28 - Karl Popper ( German: Karl Raimund Popper ), Austrian and British philosopher and sociologist .
- August 8 - Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac , English physicist, Nobel laureate in physics ( 1933 ).
- August 13 - Felix Wankel , co-author of the invention of a rotary piston engine (the so-called Wankel engine) (d. 1988 ).
- August 16 - Yuri Nikolaevich Roerich , an outstanding Russian orientalist , linguist , philologist , art critic, ethnographer .
- October 2 - Pyotr Yakovlevich Halperin , an outstanding Russian psychologist, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR , doctor of pedagogical sciences in psychology, professor .
- October 25 - Nikolai Nikiforovich Pavlov , Soviet astronomer.
- November 7 - Ernst Grumach ( German: Ernst Grumach ), German philologist of Jewish descent.
- November 17 - Eugene Wigner ( Hungarian. Wigner Pál Jenő ), Hungarian physicist and mathematician , Nobel laureate in physics ( 1963 ).
- December 6 - Nikolai Guryevich Chetaev , Russian scientist in the field of mechanics, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences .
Died
- July 6 - Alexander Marianovich Kovalsky , Russian astronomer.
- July 14 - Andrey N. Beketov , Russian botanist , teacher , popularizer and organizer of science, public figure.
- November - Ladislav Josef Chelakovsky ( Czech. Ladislav Josef Čelakovský ), Czech botanist .
See also
► 1902 in science
Notes
- ↑ Eclipse | Catalog of Solar Eclipses | Private Solar Eclipse April 8, 1902 | Total Solar Eclipse
- ↑ 1 2 ASTROLAB.ru - Lunar Eclipses
- ↑ Eclipse | Catalog of Solar Eclipses | Private Solar Eclipse May 7, 1902 | Total Solar Eclipse
- ↑ Eclipse | Catalog of Solar Eclipses | Private Solar Eclipse October 31, 1902 | Total Solar Eclipse
- ↑ Bolotovsky B.M. Oliver Heaviside. M.- Science. - 1985
- ↑ Radiation chemistry // Encyclopedic dictionary of a young chemist. 2nd ed. / Comp. V.A. Kritsman, V.V. Stanzo. - M .: Pedagogy , 1990 .-- S. 200 . - ISBN 5-7155-0292-6 .
- ↑ Le Caër S. Water Radiolysis: Influence of Oxide Surfaces on H 2 Production under Ionizing Radiation (Eng.) // Water: journal. - 2011. - Vol. 3 . - P. 236 .
- ↑ Maistrov L.E. Probability Theory. Historical background. - Μ .: Nauka, 1967 .-- 321 p. S. 268-276.
- ↑ E. Yu. Basargina Lomonosov Prize - the first state award in Russia (1865-1918). (Series “Ad fontes. Materials and research on the history of science.” Issue 2) - St. Petersburg.,: Publishing House of St. Petersburg Institute of RAS “Nestor-Istoriya”, 2012. - 124 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-98187-979-1
- ↑ Sreznevsky B.I. Monthly weather surveys in European Russia and adjacent countries, conducted from 1891 to 1900. In 5 t. St. Petersburg, 1891-1902