See also: 1956 in science, other events of 1957, 1958 in science, list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Aeronautics 2 Biology 3 Computer Science 4 Exploration 5 Physics 6 Deaths

Aeronautics

• October 4 - Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite

• Structure of myoglobin determined by x-ray crystallography

• Prim's algorithm developed

• Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station established

• BCS theory of superconductivity developed by John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer