1999 in science

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The year 1999 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

Aeronautics

Astronomy and space exploration

Total solar eclipse of August 11, viewed from France Solar eclipse 1999 4.jpg
Total solar eclipse of August 11, viewed from France

Biology

Chemistry

Computer science

Geology

History of science and technology

Mathematics

Paleontology

Physics

Physiology and medicine

Psychology

Telecommunications

Awards

Deaths

References

  1. Merritt, David (1999). "Black holes and galaxy evolution". In Combes, F.; Mamon, G. A.; Charmandaris, V. (eds.). Dynamics of Galaxies: From the Early Universe to the Present. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Vol. 197. pp.  221–232. arXiv: astro-ph/9910546 . Bibcode:2000ASPC..197..221M. ISBN   978-1-58381-024-8.
  2. Cummings, Sue (1999-09-22). "The Flux in Pop Music Has a Distinctly Download Beat to It". The New York Times . Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  3. DiNucci, Darcy (1999). "Fragmented Future" (PDF). Print. 53 (4): 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  4. Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 117. ISBN   978-1-84724-008-8.
  5. Hales, Thomas C. (January 2001). "The Honeycomb Conjecture". Discrete and Computational Geometry . 25 (1): 1–22. arXiv: math/9906042 . doi:10.1007/s004540010071. MR   1797293. S2CID   14849112.
  6. Randall, Lisa; Sundrum, Raman (1999). "Large Mass Hierarchy from a Small Extra Dimension". Physical Review Letters . 83 (17): 3370–3. arXiv: hep-ph/9905221 . Bibcode:1999PhRvL..83.3370R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3370.
  7. Randall, Lisa; Sundrum, Raman (1999). "An Alternative to Compactification". Physical Review Letters. 83 (23): 4690–3. arXiv: hep-th/9906064 . Bibcode:1999PhRvL..83.4690R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4690. S2CID   18530420.
  8. Lucas, R. J.; Freedman, M. S.; Muñoz, M.; Garcia-Fernández, J. M.; Foster, R. G. (1999-04-16). "Regulation of the mammalian pineal by non-rod, non-cone, ocular photoreceptors" . Science . 284 (5413): 505–507. Bibcode:1999Sci...284..505L. doi:10.1126/science.284.5413.505. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   10205062.
  9. Amir, Ruthie E.; Van den Veyver, Ignatia; Wan, Mimi; Tran, Charles; Francke, Uta; Zoghbi, Huda Y. (1999). "Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2" . Nature Genetics . 23 (2): 185–8. doi:10.1038/13810. PMID   10508514. S2CID   3350350.
  10. Kruger, Justin; Dunning, David (1999). "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology . 77 (6): 1121–1134. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.64.2655 . doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121. PMID   10626367. S2CID   2109278.