- 1901 in science
The year 1901 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Biology
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Okapi , a relative of theGiraffe found in therainforest s around theCongo River in north eastZaire , is discovered (previously known only to local natives).Chemistry
* The
Edison Storage Battery Company is founded.
*Europium discovered by Eugéne DemarcayMathematics
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Élie Cartan develops theexterior derivative .Medicine
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Epinephrine is rediscovered byJokichi Takamine , who names it "adrenaline".Photography
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Eastman Kodak introduced the120 film .Physics
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Guglielmo Marconi transmitsradio signals fromCornwall to Newfoundland.Awards
* First
Nobel Prize s awarded
** Physics -Wilhelm Röntgen
** Chemistry - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
** Medicine -Emil Adolf von Behring
* Wollaston Medal for Geology -Charles Barrois Births
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February 28 -Linus Pauling (d. 1994),chemist ,Nobel Prize winner for chemistry and peace.
*August 10 -Franco Rasetti (d. 2001),physicist .
*September 29 -Enrico Fermi (d. 1954),physicist .
*December 5 -Werner Heisenberg (d. 1976),physicist .
*December 16 -Margaret Mead (d. 1978),anthropologist .Deaths
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February 22 -George FitzGerald (b. 1851),mathematician .
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