1953 in science

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The year 1953 involved numerous significant events in science and technology, including the first description of the DNA double helix, the discovery of neutrinos, and the release of the first polio vaccine.

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Biology

25 April 1953: the DNA double helix is first formally described. DNA Structure+Key+Labelled.png
25 April 1953: the DNA double helix is first formally described.

Chemistry

Computer sciences

Earth sciences

Mathematics

Medicine and human sciences

Paleontology

Physics

Technology

Events

Prizes

Nobel Prize

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. Pauling, Linus; Corey, Robert B. (1953-02-15). "A Proposed Structure For The Nucleic Acids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 39 (2): 84–97.
  2. Watson, James (1968). The Double Helix .
  3. Watson, J. D.; Crick, F. H. C. (1953). "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid". Nature. 171 (4356): 737–738. Bibcode:1953Natur.171..737W. doi:10.1038/171737a0. PMID   13054692. S2CID   4253007.
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  8. Miller, Stanley L. (1953). "A Production of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions". Science. 117 (3046): 528–9. Bibcode:1953Sci...117..528M. doi:10.1126/science.117.3046.528. JSTOR   1680569. PMID   13056598. S2CID   38897285.
  9. Pariser R.; Parr R. G. (1953). "A Semi‐Empirical Theory of the Electronic Spectra and Electronic Structure of Complex Unsaturated Molecules. II". Journal of Chemical Physics . 21 (5): 767. Bibcode:1953JChPh..21..767P. doi:10.1063/1.1699030.
  10. Pople, J. A. (1953). "Electron interaction in unsaturated hydrocarbons". Transactions of the Faraday Society . 49: 1375. doi:10.1039/tf9534901375.
  11. Cecchin, Giuliano; Morini, Giampiero; Piemontesi, Fabrizio (2003). "Ziegler–Natta Catalysts". Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/0471238961.2609050703050303.a01. ISBN   0471238961.
  12. Turing, Alan M. (1953). "Some calculations of the Riemann zeta-function". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society . 3: 99–117. doi:10.1112/plms/s3-3.1.99.
  13. Ewing, Maurice; Heezen, Bruce C.; Ericson, D. B.; Northrop, John; Dorman, James (July 1953). "Exploration of the Northwest Atlantic Mid-ocean Canyon". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 64 (7): 865–868. Bibcode:1953GSAB...64..865E. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[865:EOTNAM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0016-7606.
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  18. Kay, A. W. (1953). "Effect of Large Doses of Histamine on Gastric Secretion of HCl". British Medical Journal . 2 (4827): 77–80. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4827.77. ISSN   0959-8138. PMC   2028464 . PMID   13051582.
  19. Scoville, William Beecher; Milner, Brenda (1957). "Loss of recent memory after bilateral hippocampal lesions". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry . 20 (1): 11–21. doi:10.1136/jnnp.20.1.11. PMC   497229 . PMID   13406589.
  20. Aserinsky, Eugene; Kleitman, Nathaniel (1953). "Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep". Science. 118 (3062): 273–274. Bibcode:1953Sci...118..273A. doi:10.1126/science.118.3062.273. JSTOR   1680525. PMID   13089671. S2CID   43636051.
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  24. Weiner, J. S.; Oakley, K. P.; Le Gros Clark, W. E. (1953-11-20). "The Solution of the Piltdown Problem". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 2 (3): 141–6.
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