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The year 1908 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

1 Archeaology

• A 40,000-year-old Neandertal boy skeleton is found at Le Moustier in southwest France.

2 Chemistry

• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes liquefies helium

3 Physics

• Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford invent the Geiger counter

4 Mathematics

• Ernst Zermelo axiomizes set theory, thus avoiding Cantor's contradictions
• Josip PlemeljJosip Plemelj ( December 11, 1873 May 22, 1967) was a Slovene mathematician. Plemelj was born in the village of Grad on Bled ( Grad na Bledu), Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia), he died in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). His father, Urban, a carpenter solves the Riemann problem about the existence of a differential equation with a given monodromic group and uses Sokhotsky-Plemelj formulae

5 Technology

• A long-distance radioFor other uses see: radio (disambiguation Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are message is sent from the Eiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower French: La tour Eiffel is the most recognizable landmark in Paris and is known worldwide as a symbol of France. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5. 5 million visitors per year. The n for the first time.
• Henry FordThis article is about the founder of the Ford Motor Company; for articles on other people named Henry Ford, see Henry Ford (disambiguation). Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and one of the first to apply develops the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing and produces the first Model TThe Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver was an automobile produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1928. The first production Model T was built on September 27, 1908 at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan automobile.

6 Awards

• Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme commes
  • PhysicsList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links Official site (source for all citatio - Gabriel Lippmann
  • Chemistry - Ernest Rutherford
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich