The year 1955 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1954 in science, other events of 1955, 1956 in science, and the list of years in science.

Contents

1 Astronomy 2 Computer science 3 Awards 4 Deaths

Astronomy

• June 20 - Very long (7min 08sec) total solar eclipse visible in Southeast Asia. During the entire Second Millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality. This was the next to last.

Computer science

• October 2 - The ENIAC computer is deactivated.

• Maurice Wilkes publishes a description of microprogramming in IEEE Spectrum.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Willis Eugene Lamb, - Polykarp Kusch
  • Chemistry - Vincent du Vigneaud
  • Medicine- Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell

Deaths

• April 18 - Albert Einstein, scientist.