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30 Nov 1971
Niles Eldridge |
Niles Eldridge (biology) Niles Eldridge and Stephen Jay Gould publish their landmark paper on punctuated equilibrium |
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30 Nov 1971
Socorro doves |
Socorro doves (biology) Socorro doves (Zenaida graysoni) last seen in the wild. The species precariously survives in captivity. A reintroduction program is being prepared. |
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30 Nov 1971
Write-only memory |
Write-only memory (computer science) Write-only memory is devised as a joke in Signetics. |
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30 Nov 1971
James Lovelock |
James Lovelock (ecology) James Lovelock first refers to the Gaia hypothesis in print. |
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30 Nov 1971
Kadir Nurman |
Kadir Nurman (food science) Kadir Nurman invents the doner kebab in Berlin. |
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30 Nov 1971
Daniel Quillen |
Daniel Quillen (mathematics) Daniel Quillen formulates higher algebraic K-theory. |
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30 Nov 1971
Daniel Gorenstein |
Daniel Gorenstein (mathematics) Daniel Gorenstein announces a 16-step program for completing the classification of finite simple groups. |
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30 Nov 1971
Richard M. Karp |
Richard M. Karp (mathematics) Richard M. Karp shows that the Hamiltonian cycle problem is NP-complete. |
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30 Nov 1971
Archie Cochrane |
Archie Cochrane (medicine) Archie Cochrane publishes Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services. |
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30 Nov 1971
Rinchen Barsbold |
Rinchen Barsbold (paleontology) Kielan-Jawarowska and Rinchen Barsbold report the associated remains of a Velociraptor and Protoceratops apparently killed and preserved while fighting. |
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30 Nov 1971
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Edsger Dijkstra |