1900 in science

1900 in science

The year 1900 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Aeronautics

* The first successful airship was built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin.

Chemistry

* Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed hydrogen line wavelengths.

Mathematics

* David Hilbert states his list of 23 problems which show where some further mathematical work is needed.
* Bertrand Russell shows that the naive set theory of Frege leads to a contradiction.

Photography

* Kodak introduced their first Brownie.

Physics

* Gamma rays discovered by Paul Villard while studying uranium decay.
* Max Planck states his quantum hypothesis and blackbody radiation law.

Births

* March 9 - Howard Aiken (d. 1973), computing pioneer.
* March 19 - Frédéric Joliot (d. 1958), physicist.
* April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (d. 1958), physicist.
* April 26 - Charles Richter (d. 1985), geophysicist and inventor.
* August 25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (d. 1981), medical doctor and biochemist.
* August 26 - Hellmuth Walter (d. 1980), engineer and inventor.

Deaths

* January 13 - Peter Waage (b. 1833), chemist.
* January 22 - David E. Hughes (b. 1831), inventor.
* March 6 - Gottlieb Daimler (b. 1834), engineer, automotive pioneer.
* April 1 - George Jackson Mivart (b. 1827), English biologist.


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