1935 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1935 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.

Geology

• Charles Richter and Beno Gutenberg develop the Richter magnitude scale for quantifying earthquakes.

Physics

• January 8 - A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - James Chadwick
  • Chemistry - Frédéric Joliot, Irène Joliot-Curie
  • Medicine - Hans Spemann

Births

• February 15 - Roger B. Chaffee (d. 1967), astronaut.
• June 25 - Charles Sheffield (d. 2002), science fiction author and physicist.
• August 3 - Georgi Shonin (d. 1997), cosmonaut.
• September 11 - Gherman Titov (d. 2000), cosmonaut.

Deaths

• December 4 - Charles Richet (d. 1935), Nobel Prize winner.
• November 6 - Henry Fairfield Osborn (b. 1857), paleontologist.