1943 in science
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The year 1943 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Computer science
- May 17 - The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
- Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption.
[edit] Psychology
- Abraham Maslow proposes the Hierarchy of Needs theory of psychology in his paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" (1943).
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- June 6 - Richard Smalley (d. 2005), Nobel laureate in chemistry (1996) for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene.
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - George Washington Carver (b. 1860), American botanist.
- January 7 - Nikola Tesla (b. 1856), inventor.
