1953 in science

List of years in science (table)

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.

Biology

25 April 1953: the DNA double helix is first formally described.

Chemistry

Computer sciences

Earth sciences

Medicine and human sciences

Paleontology

Physics

Technology

Events

Prizes

Nobel Prize

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Watson, J. D.; Crick, F. H. C. (1953). "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" (PDF). Nature 171 (4356): 737–738. Bibcode:1953Natur.171..737W. doi:10.1038/171737a0. PMID 13054692. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. "Scientists describe 'secret of life'". On This Day. BBC. April 25, 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
  3. Wilkins, M. H. F.; Stokes, A. R.; Wilson, H. R. (1953). "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" (PDF). Nature 171 (4356): 738–740. Bibcode:1953Natur.171..738W. doi:10.1038/171738a0. PMID 13054693. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  4. Franklin, Rosalind E.; Gosling, R. G. (1953). "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate" (PDF). Nature 171 (4356): 740–741. Bibcode:1953Natur.171..740F. doi:10.1038/171740a0. PMID 13054694. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  5. Francis Crick (1916-2004) and James Watson (b. 1928) together discovered the double helix structure of DNA, the "blueprint of life." Surprisingly, when ... history1900s.about.com
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Pople, J. A. (1953). "Electron interaction in unsaturated hydrocarbons". Transactions of the Faraday Society 49: 1375. doi:10.1039/tf9534901375.
  9. 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.
  10. Ewing, Maurice; Heezen, Bruce C.; Ericson, D. B.; Northrop, John; Dorman, James (July 1953). "Exploration of the Northwest Atlantic Mid-ocean Canyon" (PDF). 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. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
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  12. 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.
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  14. Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and Human Behavior. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-929040-6.
  15. Weiner, J. S.; Oakley, K. P.; Le Gros Clark, W. E. "The Solution of the Piltdown Problem". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geological Series 2 (3).
  16. "End as a Man". Time. 30 November 1953. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
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  18. Reines, F.; Cowan, C. L., jr (November 1953). "Detection of the Free Neutrino". Physical Review 92 (3): 830–831. Bibcode:1953PhRv...92..830R. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.92.830.
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