1957 in science (original) (raw)
The year 1957 CE in science and technology.
_See also:_1956 in science, other events of 1957, 1958 in science, list of years in science.
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| 1 Aeronautics 2 Biology [3 Computer Science](#Computer Science) 4 Exploration 5 Physics 6 Deaths |
Aeronautics
- October 4 - Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite
Biology
- Structure of myoglobin determined by x-ray crystallography
Computer Science
- Prim's algorithm developed
Exploration
- Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station established
Physics
- BCS theory of superconductivity developed by John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer
Deaths
- February 8 - John von Neumann, mathematician
- February 18 - Henry Norris Russell, astronamer
- March 11 - Alexander Fleming (b. 1881), scientist.