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Overview of the events of 1939 in science
The year 1939 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Astronomy Biology Cartography Chemistry Computer science History of science and technology Mathematics Physics Physiology and medicine Technology Events Awards Births January 20 – Chandra Wickramasinghe , Ceylonese-born British astronomer. January 22 – Helmut Rauch , Austrian physicist (died 2019 ) April 17 – Jan Hoem , Norwegian population scientist (died 2017 ) May 12 – Chuck Hull , American inventor, pioneer of 3D printing . May 13 - Brian J Ford , British biologist, broadcaster, writer and lecturer. May 18 – Peter Grünberg (died 2018), German physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics . May 19 – Dick Scobee (killed 1986), American astronaut . June 26 – Julia Polak (died 2014), Argentine-born British pathologist and pioneer of tissue engineering . June 28 – Klaus Schmiegel , German-born organic chemist, inventor of Prozac August 12 – David King , South African-born British physical chemist. August 19 – Alan Baker (died 2018), English mathematician. September 9 – John Dwyer , Australian public health practitioner. September 24 – Jacques Vallée , French ufologist. October 7 October 10 – Neil Sloane , Welsh-born American mathematician. November 7 – Barbara Liskov , American computer scientist, Turing Award winner. November 11 – Alf Adams , English physicist. November 18 – John O'Keefe , American-born British neuroscientist , winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . Deaths References