Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The year 1901 CE in science and technology See also: 1900 in science, other events of 1901, 1902 in science and the list of years in science. Table of contents 1 Biology 2 Chemistry 3 Mathematics 4 Photography 5 Physics 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths Biology Okapi, a relative of the Giraffe found in the rain forests around the Congo River in north east Zaire, is discovered (previously known only to local natives). Chemistry The Edison Storage Battery Company is founded. Europium discovered by Eugéne Demarcay Mathematics Élie Cartan develops the exterior derivative. Photography Kodak introduced the 120 film. Physics Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland. Awards First Nobel Prizes awarded Nobel Prize for Physics: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Nobel Prize for Medicine: Emil Adolf von Behring Wollaston Medal for Geology: Charles Barrois Births February 28 - Linus Pauling, chemist, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry and peace September 29 - Enrico Fermi, physicist December 5 - Werner Heisenberg, physicist December 16 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist Deaths February 22 - George Francis FitzGerald, mathematician This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.