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1956 in science

The year 1956 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1955 in science, other events of 1956, 1957 in science, and the list of years in science.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain
  • Chemistry - Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov
  • Medicine - André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann, Dickinson W Richards

Deaths

• March 17 - Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist

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