1943 in science - Definition

The year 1943 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.

Computer science

• May 17 - The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.

• Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Otto Stern
  • Chemistry - George de Hevesy
  • Medicine - Henrik Carl Peter Dam, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Gerhard Domagk

Births

Deaths

• January 5 - George Washington Carver (b. 1860), American botanist.
• January 7 - Nikola Tesla (b. 1856), inventor.