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Science on the 30th of November 1997 in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1997 reflecting telescopes	science	reflecting telescopes (astronomy and space ) The first of four 8.4 m reflecting telescopes opens in the Very Large Telescope program of the European Southern Observatory at Cerro Paranal in Chile.	0
30 Nov 1997 nuclear magnetic resonance	science	nuclear magnetic resonance (computer science) The first working 2-qubit nuclear magnetic resonance computer is demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley.	0
30 Nov 1997 Tiger Electronics	science	Tiger Electronics (computer science) Tiger Electronics launch the Furby electronic toy, the first domestic robot.	0
30 Nov 1997 Luca Cardelli	science	Luca Cardelli (mathematics) Luca Cardelli and Andrew D. Gordon develop ambient calculus.	0
30 Nov 1997 Thomas Callister Hales	science	Thomas Callister Hales (mathematics) Thomas Callister Hales (almost certainly) proves the Kepler conjecture.	0
30 Nov 1997 Nuclear testing	science	Nuclear testing (physics) Nuclear testing: The Pokhran-II: India detonates the five nuclear devices in Pokhran Test Range, an Indian Army base.	0
30 Nov 1997 Susan Greenfield	science	Susan Greenfield (appointments) Susan Greenfield appointed Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.	0
30 Nov 1997 Fields Prize in Mathematics	science	Fields Prize in Mathematics (awards) Fields Prize in Mathematics: Richard Ewen Borcherds, William Timothy Gowers, Maxim Kontsevich and Curtis T. McMullen	0
30 Nov 1997 Turing Award	science	Turing Award (awards) Turing Award: Jim Gray	0
30 Nov 1997 Wollaston Medal for Geology	science	Wollaston Medal for Geology (awards) Wollaston Medal for Geology: Karl Karekin Turekian	0
30 Nov 1997 Darian Maxfield	science	birth Darian Maxfield January 31 - Darian Maxfield	0

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