1955 in science

The year 1955 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

Astronomy

• June 20 – Very long (7 min 8 s) total solar eclipse visible in Southeast Asia. During the entire Second Millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality. This was the next to last.

Computer science

• October 2 – The ENIAC computer is deactivated.

• Maurice Wilkes publishes a description of microprogramming in IEEE Spectrum.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics – Willis Eugene Lamb,  – Polykarp Kusch
  • Chemistry – Vincent du Vigneaud
  • Medicine- Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell

Births

Deaths

• March 11 – Alexander Fleming (b. 1881), scientist.
• April 18 – Albert Einstein (b. 1879), scientist and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics.
• Oswald Avery (b. 1877), bacteriologist.