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The year 1879 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Chemistry

• Per Teodor Cleve discovered the elements holmium and thulium

2 Psychology

• Wilhelm Wundt creates the first laboratory of experimental psychology at the university of Leipzig.

3 Awards

• Copley Medal: Rudolf Clausius
• Wollaston Medal: Bernhard Studer

4 Births

• February 22February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in leap years. Events 1290s BC The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple. 1281 Martin IV becomes Pop - J. N. Bronsted (d. 1947See also Other events of 1947 List of years in science. 1946 in science 1947 in science 1948 in science. The year 1947 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Anthropology August 7 Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft th), physical chemistA chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. The word derives from the older term alchemist. Also, in British English, the term is used for a pharmacist or a pharmacist's shop. See also: List of chemists, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Biography..
• March 8March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). There are 298 days remaining. Events 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made b - Otto HahnOtto Hahn ( March 8, 1879 July 28, 1968) was a German physicist. He received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hahn was born in Frankfurt am Main and studied chemistry in Marburg and Munich. After receiving his PhD in 1901 he worked initially at Marburg (d. 1968See also Other events of 1968 List of years in science. 1967 in science 1968 in science 1969 in science. The year 1968 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Astronomy Neutron stars; Thomas Gold explains the recent), GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east physicist who received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• March 14 - Albert Einstein (d. 1955), scientist and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics.
• May 28 - Milutin Milankovic (d. 1958), geophysicist.