1946 in science

The year 1946 CE in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.

See also: 1945 in science, other events in 1946, 1947 in science and the list of years in science

Table of contents

1 Computer science 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Computer science

• ENIAC, the first non-classified all-electronic computer, becomes operational

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Percy Williams Bridgman
  • Chemistry - James B. Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley
  • Medicine - Hermann Joseph Muller

Births

• May 11 - Robert Jarvik, co-inventor of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.

Deaths

• March 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis, chemist. First to isolate deuterium.