- 1922 in science
The year 1922 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Archaeology
*British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King
Tutankhamen 's tomb in theValley of the Kings ofEgypt .Chemistry
Czech chemist
Jaroslav Heyrovský invented polarographic methods of chemical analysis.Medicine
*First successful
insulin treatment of diabetes.Physics
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Arthur Compton studies X-ray photonscattering by electrons
*Otto Stern andWalther Gerlach show "space quantization"Technology
*The
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) beginsradio service in theUnited Kingdom .Awards
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Nobel Prize
** Physics -Niels Bohr
** Chemistry -Francis William Aston
** Physiology or Medicine -Archibald Vivian Hill andOtto Fritz Meyerhof Births
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July 18 -Thomas Kuhn (d. 1996), philosopher of science
*November 8 -Christiaan Barnard (d. 2001), surgeon.Deaths
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January 5 -Ernest Shackleton (b. 1874), explorer.
*January 22 -Camille Jordan (b. 1838),mathematician .
*May 26 -Ernest Solvay , (b. 1838)chemist .
*June 18 -Jacobus Kapteyn (b. 1851),astronomer .
*August 2 -Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1847),inventor .
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