1979 in science: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The year 1979 in science and technology

See also: 1978 in science, other events of 1979, 1980 in science, list of years in science.

Astronomy and space exploration

• September 1 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

• VisiCalc becomes the first spreadsheet program.

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam, Steven Weinberg
  • Chemistry - Herbert C. Brown, Georg Wittig
  • Medicine - Allan M. Cormack, Godfrey N. Hounsfield
• Turing Award - Kenneth E. Iverson

• Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, astronomer