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1941 in science
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The year 1941 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.
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Biology
- George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie Tatum publish "Genetic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora" which showed that specific genes code for specific protiens.
Computer science
- John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry developed the Atanasoff Berry Computer.
Physics
- Ives and Stilwell prove that ions radiate at frequencies affected by their motion.
Births
- March 26 - Richard Dawkins, British scientist.
- September 9 - Dennis Ritchie, computer scientist.
- September 10 - Stephen Jay Gould (d. 2002), paleontologist/evolutionist.
Deaths
- July 11 - Arthur Evans (b. 1851), archaeologist.
- July 26 - Henri Lebesgue (b. 1875), mathematician.
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