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The year 1920 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albert A. Michelson</span> American physicist (1852–1931)

Albert Abraham Michelson FFRS FRSE was a Prussian-born American physicist of Jewish descent, known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science. He was the founder and the first head of the physics departments of Case School of Applied Science and the University of Chicago.

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The year 1905 in science and technology involved some significant events, particularly in physics, listed below.

The year 1913 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1915 involved numerous significant events in science and technology, some of which are listed below.

The year 1916 involved a number of significant events in science and technology, some of which are listed below.

The year 1917 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1918 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1922 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1923 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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The year 1945 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1930 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1925 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1941 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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