 the year 1901 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. <!-- -- formerly (21apr07): see also: other events of 1901 list of years in science ... 1900 in science1901 in science 1902 in science... the year 1901 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. --> ==biology== * okapi, a relative of the giraffe found in the rainforests around the congo river in north east zaire, is discovered (previously known only to local natives). ==chemistry== * may 27 â the edison storage battery company is founded in new jersey. * europium is discovered by eugÃ¨ne-anatole demarÃ§ay. * emil fischer, in collaboration with ernest fourneau, synthesizes the dipeptide, glycylglycine, and also publishes his work on the hydrolysis of casein. * edith humphrey becomes (probably) the first british woman to obtain a doctorate in chemistry, at the university of zurich.Ãber die bindungsstelle der metalle in ihren verbindungen und Ã¼ber dinitritoÃ¤thylendiaminkobaltisalze. ==computing== * december 13 (20:45:52) â retrospectively, this becomes the earliest date representable with a signed 32-bit integer on digital computer systems that reference time in seconds since the unix epoch. ==exploration== * august 6 â discovery expedition: robert falcon scott sets sail on the rrs discovery to explore the ross sea in antarctica. ==history of science== * september 25 â establishment of deutsche gesellschaft fÃ¼r geschichte der medizin und der naturwissenschaften, the world's first history of science society. ==mathematics== * may/june â russell's paradox: bertrand russell shows that georg cantor's naive set theory leads to a contradiction. * Ãlie cartan develops the exterior derivative. * leonard eugene dickson publishes linear groups with an exposition of the galois field theory in leipzig, advancing the classification of finite simple groups and listing almost all non-abelian simple groups having order less than one billion. * aleksandr lyapunov proves th
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