1900 in science
The year 1900 CE in science and technology.See also: 1899 in science, other events of 1900, 1901 in science and the list of years in science.
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Aeronautics
- The first successful dirigible built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Chemistry
- Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed hydrogen line wavelengths
Mathematics
- David Hilbert states his list of 23 problems which show where some further mathematical work is needed,
Photography
Physics
- gamma-rays discovered by Paul Villard while studying uranium decay
- Max Planck states his quantum hypothesis and blackbody radiation law
Births
- March 9 - Howard Aiken, computing pioneer
- March 19 - Frédéric Joliot, physicist
- April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist
- April 26 - Charles Richter, geophysicist and inventor
- August 25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, medical doctor and biochemist