1920 in science
The year 1920 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are included below.
See also:
1919 in science,
other events of 1920,
1921 in science and the
list of years in science.
Biology
Meteorology
- Milutin Milankovic proposes that long term climatic cycles may be due to changes in the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit and changes in the Earth's obliquity.
Physics
- Meghnad Saha states his ionization equation
- Albert Einstein delivers his
- Ernest Rutherford predicts the existence of the neutron.
- Arthur Eddington's observation of a total eclipse of the Sun seems to confirm the "bending of light" in Einstien's theory of Special Relativity.
- James Jeans discovers that the dynamical constants of motion determine the distribution function for a system of particles.
Technology
- The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast is made.
- First domestic radio sets come to stores in USA – Westinghouse radio costs $10
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Deaths
Nobel Prizes
