1990 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1990 in science and technology

Astronomy and space exploration

• April 24 - The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.

Computer science

• November 12 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web. [1] (http://www.w3.org/Proposal)
• November 13 - The first known web page is written. [2] (http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Link.html)

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall, Richard Taylor
  • Chemistry - Elias James Corey
  • Medicine - Joseph E. Murray, E. Donnall Thomas
• Turing Award - Fernando J. Corbató

Births

Deaths

• January 4 - Doc Edgerton, (b. 1903), professor electrical engineer.
• March 22 - Gerald Bull (b. 1928), engineer.
• March 24 - An Wang (b. 1922), computer designer.