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30 Nov 1964
![]() NML Cygni |
NML Cygni (astronomy and space ) Discovery of NML Cygni, a red hypergiant and the largest star known, at about 1,650 times the Sun's radius. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Emile Zuckerkandl |
Emile Zuckerkandl (biology) Emile Zuckerkandl and Linus Pauling name their concept of the molecular clock. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Parma wallaby |
Parma wallaby (biology) The Parma wallaby, thought for around 70 years to be extinct, is rediscovered on Kawau Island (near Auckland). |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() W. Keble Martin |
W. Keble Martin (biology) W. Keble Martin publishes The Concise British Flora in Colour. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Kevlar |
Kevlar (chemistry) Kevlar high-strength para-aramid synthetic fiber is developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Peter Hirsch |
Peter Hirsch (chemistry) Peter Hirsch, Archibald Howie, Robin Nicholson, D. W. Pashley and Michael J. Whelan publish Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Ralph Lapp |
Ralph Lapp (history of science) Ralph Lapp publishes The New Priesthood: The Scientific Elite and the Uses of Power in the United States. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() James Ax |
James Ax (mathematics) James Ax and Simon B. Kochen make the first proof of the Ax–Kochen theorem. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Lotfi Zadeh |
Lotfi Zadeh (mathematics) Lotfi Zadeh develops fuzzy logic. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() paediatrician |
paediatrician (physiology and medic) English paediatrician Harry Angelman first describes Angelman syndrome. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Frank Pantridge |
Frank Pantridge (physiology and medic) Frank Pantridge installs the first portable defibrillator, in a Belfast ambulance. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Konrad Lorenz |
Konrad Lorenz (psychology) Konrad Lorenz publishes Evolution and Modification of Behavior. |
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30 Nov 1964
![]() Order of Merit |
Order of Merit (awards) Order of Merit: Dorothy Hodgkin |