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Science Teachers ’ Assocation of NSW inc 2017 Calendar
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1877 ; birth of Bjørn Helland-Hansen , Norwegian whose studies of the physical structure and dynamics of the oceans were instrumental in transforming oceanography into a science .
1925 ; the first television transmission was seen in London . John Baird built the transmitter in his attic from a tea chest , cardboard scanning discs , an empty biscuit box , old electric motors , darning needles , motorcycle lamp lenses , piano wire , glue , string , and sealing wax .
1945 ; death of Francis W . Aston , English scientist awarded a 1922 Nobel Prize for his development of the mass spectrograph , a device that separates atoms or molecular fragments of different mass and measures those masses with great accuracy .
1914 ; birth of Edward G Begle , US mathematician who designed an educational program to emphasise the fundamental importance of understanding the principles of mathematics .
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2011 ; NASA ’ s 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft entered orbit around Mars with a primary mission to search for traces of hydrogen which could indicate water .
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1911 ; birth of Samuel Warren Carey , Australian geologist who contributed a model of an expanding earth in support of Alfred Wegener ’ s concept of moving continents . His ideas were the precursor of the theory of plate
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1908 ; Prof . Ernest Rutherford announced in London that he had isolated a single atom of matter .
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1744 , Gowan Knight presented his research to the Royal Society . He had discovered a method for permanently magnetising hard steels .
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1993 ; death of Bruno Rossi , Italian-US physicist , a pioneer in the study of cosmic radiation . In the 1930s , his experimental investigations of cosmic rays and their interactions with matter laid the foundation for high energy particle
1878 ; Edison made electricity available for household usage .
1784 ; death of Paolo Frisi , Italian scientist , known for his work in hydraulics and dissemination of the work of other scientists , such as Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton .
1937 ; death of Sir Ernest Rutherford , NZ-English physicist who laid the groundwork for the development of nuclear physics . With 2 others in 1907 he devised the alpha-particle scattering experiment that led to the discovery of the atomic
1972 ; death of Igor Sikorsky , Russian-born U . S . pioneer in aircraft design , best known for his successful development of the helicopter .
1966 ; death of Peter Debye , Dutch-American physical chemist whose investigations of dipole moments , X rays , and light scattering in gases brought him the 1936 Nobel Prize for Chemistry .
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1694 ; death of Marcello Malpighi , Italian scientist who , in developing experimental methods to study living things , founded the science of microscopic anatomy .
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1916 ; death of Walter Sutton , US geneticist who provided conclusive evidence while studying grass-hopper cells that chromosomes carry the units of inheritance and occur in distinct pairs .
1925 ; birth of Simon van der Meer , Dutch engineer and physicist who codiscovered the W and Z particles by colliding protons and antiprotons , for which he shared a Nobel Prize .
1824 ; in Yorkshire , England , Joseph Aspdin , a stone mason , patented Portland cement , made by burning finely pulverized lime and clay at high temperatures in kilns .
1946 ; the US Atomic Energy Commission of five civilians was appointed by President Harry S . Truman to develop and utilize atomic energy for public welfare , increase the standard of living , strengthen free competition in private enterprise and promote
1869 ; the first issue of Nature was published , edited by astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer , with articles on astronomy , plants , moths , science teaching in schools , and paleontology . It remains one of the most popular and well respected
1477 ; English printer William Caxton , ( 1422 - 1491 ) produced the first book printed in England , Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres . In the next 15 years , he printed 107 works , including 74 books .
1843 ; birth of Stephen M . Babcock , American agricultural chemist , often called the father of scientific dairying because of his development of the Babcock test ( 1890 ), a simple method of measuring the butterfat
1879 ; death of James Clerk Maxwell , Scottish physicist and mathematician . whose researches united electricity and magnetism into the concept of the electromagnetic field .
1990 death of Georgy Flerov , Soviet physicist who in 1941 recognized that uranium undergoes spontaneous fission ( needing no neutron bombardment ).
1894 ; birth of Norbert Wiener , US mathematician who established cybernetics , a term he coined , which is concerned with the common factors of control and communication in living organisms , automatic machines ,
Themes for 2017 are about sustainability . To achieve this we need a focus on STEM - where Science , Technology , Engineering and Maths come together . This calendar notes the many people in history who have contributed in these areas .
Science dates compiled by Sue Siwinski