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The year 1900 in Science and Technology .

AERONAUTICS

The first successful Airship built by Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

CHEMISTRY

Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed Hydrogen line wavelengths

MATHEMATICS

David Hilbert states his List Of 23 Problems which show where some further mathematical work is needed,

PHOTOGRAPHY

Kodak introduced their first Brownie .

PHYSICS

Gamma-ray s discovered by Paul Villard while studying Uranium decay

Max Planck states his Quantum Hypothesis and Blackbody Radiation Law

BIRTHS

March 9 - Howard Aiken (d. 1973 ), computing pioneer.

March 19 - Frédéric Joliot (d. 1958 ), Physicist .

April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (d. 1958 ), Physicist .

April 26 - Charles Richter (d. 1985 ), Geophysicist and Inventor .

August 25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (d. 1981 ), Medical Doctor and Biochemist .

August 26 - Hellmuth Walter (d. 1980 ), Engineer and Inventor .

DEATHS

January 13 - Peter Waage (b. 1833 ), Chemist .

January 22 - David Hughes (b. 1831 ), Inventor .

March 6 - Gottlieb Daimler (b. 1834 ), Engineer , Automotive pioneer.

April 1 - George Jackson Mivart (b. 1827 ), English Biologist .