1947 In Science

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1946 In Science

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1948 In Science

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The year 1947 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

ANTHROPOLOGY

August 7 - Thor Heyerdahl 's Balsa Wood raft the Kon-Tiki , smashes into the Reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America .

COMPUTER SCIENCE

July 29 - After being shut off on November 9 , 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC , one of the world's first digital Computer s, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2 , 1955 .

PHYSICS

June 2 - The Shelter Island Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics convenes in New York .

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