“We Will Bury You!”
摘要
This chapter considers events that happened during November 1956 in the following five domains: science and technology; politics, society and the economy; entertainment, arts, and culture; celebrity and famous names; and sport. Focusing here purely on developments in science and technology, we consider: the announcement of the award of the Nobel Prize in physics to Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain, in chemistry to Hinshelwood and Semenov, and in physiology or medicine to Cournand, Forssmann, and Richards; the bestowal of the Lasker Award on Jonas Salk for developing the first polio vaccine; the publication of Grothendieck’s ‘Tohoku paper’; and the beginning of construction on the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.