The year 1911 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1910 in science, other events of 1911, 1912 in science, and the list of years in science.

Contents

1 Exploration 2 Physics 3 Technology 4 Awards

Exploration

• December 14 - Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and a team of four, become the first people to reach the South Pole.

Physics

• Ernest Rutherford explains the Geiger-Marsden experiment and derives the Rutherford cross section by deducing the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from scattering experiments.
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• Charles Wilson finishes a sophisticated cloud chamber

Technology

• January 18 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• Georges Claude develops the neon lamp.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Wilhelm Wien
  • Chemistry - Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  • Medicine - Allvar Gullstrand