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The year 1974 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents 1 Astronomy and space exploration 2 Engineering 3 Psychology 4 Awards 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Astronomy and space exploration

• February 8 - After 84 days in space, the last crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth

• date unknown* A radio telescope sent the message "Is there anyone out there?" to the consellation Hercules. It will take 25,000 years to arrive.

[edit] Engineering

• Stephen Salter invents the "Salter Duck", a wave energy converter.

[edit] Psychology

• Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins is published by Konrad Lorenz.

[edit] Awards

• Fields Prize in Mathematics: Enrico Bombieri and David Mumford
• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish
  • Chemistry - Paul J. Flory
  • Medicine - Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George Emil Palade
• Turing Award - Donald Knuth

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