1982 in science - Definition

The year 1982 in science and technology observed many events, some of which are included in the list below.

Astronomy

• March 10 - Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.

Computer science

• First computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild.

Medicine

• December 2 - At the University of Utah, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart (he lived for 112 days with the device).

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Kenneth G. Wilson
  • Chemistry - Aaron Klug
  • Medicine - Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson, John R. Vane
• Turing Award - Stephen Cook

Births

Deaths

• April 9 - Robert Havemann (b. 1910), chemist.