In 1920, there were various scientific and technological developments, some of which are presented below.
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Content
- 1 Astronomy
- 2 Physics
- 3 Medicine
- 4 Meteorology
- 5 Solar eclipse
- 6 Awards
- 7 Born
- 8 Animals described in 1920
- 9 See also
- 10 notes
Astronomy
- A “ Big Debate ” took place between Harlow Shapley and Geber Curtis about the nature of spiral nebulae and the size of the universe .
Physics
- Hermann Staudinger created a holistic macromolecular theory of the structure of polymers - long-chain molecules consisting of a small number of tens and hundreds of times repeating compounds.
Medicine
Frederick Grant Bunting and Charles Best discovered insulin .
Meteorology
Milutin Milankovich suggested that long-term climatic cycles can be caused by changes in the eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit and changes in the axial inclination of the Earth.
Solar Eclipse
- From 1916 to 1920, solar eclipses were repeated approximately every 177 days and 4 hours with alternating nodes of the orbit of the moon.
- 1920 Solar Eclipses:
- May 18
- 10th of November
Rewards
- Nobel Prize :
- Physics - Charles Eduard Guillaume , "In recognition of his merits to accurate measurements in physics - the discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys."
- Chemistry
- Medicine and physiology
Born
- July 11 - Zacharia Sitchin - American writer.
Animals described in 1920
- Diamond tetra
See also
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