1922 in science (original) (raw)
1922 in science and technology
See also: 1921 in science, other events of 1922, 1923 in science and the list of 'years in science'.
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| 1 Archaeology 2 Medicine 3 Physics 4 Technology [5 Nobel Prizes](#Nobel Prizes) 6 Births 7 Deaths |
Archaeology
- British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt.
Medicine
- First successful insulin treatment of diabetes.
Physics
- Arthur Compton studies X-ray photon scattering by electrons
- Otto Stern and Walter Gerlach show "space quantization"
Technology
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
Nobel Prizes
- Niels Bohr is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
- Francis William Aston is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Archibald Vivian Hill and Otto Fritz Meyerhof are awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Births
- July 18 - Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science
- November 8 - Christiaan Barnard, future surgeon
Deaths
- January 5 - Ernest Shackleton, explorer
- June 18 - Jacobus Kapteyn, astronomer
- August 2 - Alexander Graham Bell, inventor