1957 in science

See also: 1956 in science, other events of 1957, 1958 in science, list of years in science.

Aeronautics

• October 4 - Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite

Biology

• Structure of myoglobin determined by x-ray crystallography

Computer Science

• Prim's algorithm developed

Exploration

• Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station established

Physics

• BCS theory of superconductivity developed by John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer

Deaths

• February 8 - John von Neumann, mathematician
• February 18 - Henry Norris Russell, astronamer
• March 11 - Alexander Fleming (b. 1881), scientist.

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