1920 in science

'The year 1920 CE in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are included below.

See also: 1919 in science, other events of 1920, 1921 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Biology 2 Meteorology 3 Physics 4 Technology 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Nobel Prizes

Biology

• Andrew Douglass proposes dendrochronology dating.

Meteorology

• Milutin Milankovic proposes that long term climatic cycles may be due to changes in the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit and changes in the Earth's obliquity.

Physics

• Meghnad Saha states his ionization equation

Technology

• The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast is made.
• First domestic radio sets come to stores in USA – Westinghouse radio costs $10

Births

• January 2 - Isaac Asimov, future author
• February 7 - An Wang, future computer designer

Deaths

• June 14 - Max Weber, sociologist

Nobel Prizes

• Charles Edouard Guillaume is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
• Schack August Steenberg Krogh is awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine
• Walther Hermann Nernst is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry