1940 in science

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The year 1940 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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Biochemistry

Biology

Chemistry

Computer science

Exploration

Mathematics

Medicine

Metallurgy

Physics

Technology

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References

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  2. Waksman, S. A.; Woodruff, H. B. (1940). "Bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal substances produced by soil actinomycetes". Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine . 45: 609–614. doi:10.3181/00379727-45-11768. S2CID   84774334.
  3. Kamen, Martin D. (1963). "Early History of Carbon-14: Discovery of this supremely important tracer was expected in the physical sense but not in the chemical sense". Science . 140 (3567): 584–590. Bibcode:1963Sci...140..584K. doi:10.1126/science.140.3567.584. JSTOR   1710512. PMID   17737092.
  4. Trossarelli, L. (2010). "the history of nylon". Club Alpino Italiano, Centro Studi Materiali e Tecniche. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  5. Corson, D. R.; MacKenzie, K. R.; Segrè, E. (1940). "Artificially Radioactive Element 85". Physical Review . 58 (8): 672–678. Bibcode:1940PhRv...58..672C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.58.672.
  6. Mcmillan, Edwin; Abelson, Philip Hauge (1940). "Radioactive Element 93". Physical Review. 57 (12): 1185–6. Bibcode:1940PhRv...57.1185M. doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.57.1185.2 .
  7. Hammond, George S. (1997). "Physical organic chemistry after 50 years: It has changed, but is it still there?" (PDF). Pure and Applied Chemistry . 69 (9). IUPAC: 1919–22. doi:10.1351/pac199769091919. S2CID   53723796 . Retrieved 2014-01-22.
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  9. USpatent 2668661,"Complex Computer",issued 1954-02-09, assigned to American Telephone & Telegraph
  10. Smith, Michael (2007). Station X: the Codebreakers of Bletchley Park. Pan Grand Strategy Series (rev. ed.). London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN   978-0-330-41929-1.
  11. Ritchie, David (1986). "George Stibitz and the Bell Computers". The Computer Pioneers . New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  39. ISBN   067152397X.
  12. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: 1940 in science
  13. Levi, F. W. (1942). Finite Geometrical Systems. University of Calcutta. MR   0006834.
  14. Gowing, Margaret (1964). Britain and Atomic Energy, 1935–1945. London: Macmillan Publishing. pp. 40–43. OCLC   3195209.
  15. Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. "1906-1939 Jeep: Jeep Makes History". HowStuffWorks. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-31.