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The National Medal of Science was established on August 25, 1959, by an act of the Congress of the United States under Pub. L. 86–209.The medal was originally to honor scientists in the fields of the "physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences".
Earth & Sky was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and other sponsors. Byrd wrote, produced and co-hosted – or oversaw the production of – more than 8,000 radio spots in 90-second, 60-second and 8-minute formats, with 13 million daily media impressions for astronomy in English on 1,800+ broadcast outlets, mostly U.S., but ...
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the following six fields: behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physical sciences. The Committee on ...
October 3 – Opening of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology in Washington, D.C. [7] Jean Gimpel's The Medieval Machine is published.
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. [1] Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and ...
Pages in category "Awards established in 1976" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. ... National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction;
The A. C. Eringen Medal or Eringen Medal is an award given annually by the Society of Engineering Science (SES) to an individual "in recognition of sustained outstanding achievements in Engineering Science". [1] This award was established in 1976. The actual award consists of a medal and an honorarium.
1976 B. V. Doshi: Science & Engineering: Gujarat 1976 Army Dhunji Bhoy Engineer: Medicine: Uttar Pradesh 1976 Nimai Charan Harichandan: Arts: Odisha 1976 Atmaram Bhairav Joshi: Science & Engineering: Delhi 1976 Ustad Faiyyaz Ahmed Khan: Arts: Maharashtra 1976 Govinda Pillai Unnikrishna Menon: Civil Service: Tamil Nadu 1976 Begum Mumtaz Jehan ...