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1937 in science

The year 1937 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1936 in science, other events of 1937, 1938 in science and the list of years in science.

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1 Astronomy 2 Awards 3 Deaths

Astronomy

• June 8 - First total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Clinton Joseph Davisson, George Paget Thomson
  • Chemistry - Walter Haworth, Paul Karrer
  • Medicine - Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt
• Copley Medal - Henry Dale
• Wollaston Medal for geology - Waldemar Lindgren

Deaths

• July 20 - Guglielmo Marconi, inventor (born 1874)

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