The year 1949 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1948 in science, other events of 1949, 1950 in science and the list of years in science.

Contents

1 Computer science 2 Meteorology 3 Awards 4 Births

Computer science

• June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.

Meteorology

• January 11 - Los Angeles, California receives its first recorded snowfall.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Yukawa Hideki
  • Chemistry - William Francis Giauque
  • Medicine - Rudolf Hess, Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

Births

• Tomaž Pisanski, mathematician