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The year 1977 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

1 Astronomy and space exploration

• September 5 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
• 2060 Chiron, first of the outer solar system asteroids known as Centaurs, discovered by Charlie Kowal.

2 Medicine

• January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacteriumActinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/ Chlorobi Chlamydiae/ Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/ Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibac as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease."
• September 11September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar (in the period 1900 to 2099 A. The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media - The last "wild" infection of smallpoxSmallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera is a highly contagious disease unique to humans caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent o is reported in SomaliaSomalia ( Somali: Soomaaliya Arabic: As-Sumal , formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic is an African country that exists solely in a de jure capacity. Somalia has no recognized central government authority, national currency, or any other featur.

3 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 - Philip Warren AndersonPhilip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and having grown up in Urbana, Illinois, he went to Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate work, with a wartime stint at the U. Naval Resea, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, John Hasbrouck van Vleck
  • Chemistry - Ilya Prigogine
  • Medicine - Roger Guillemin , Andrew V. Schally, Rosalyn Yalow
• Turing Award - John Backus