1977 in science

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The year 1977 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy and space exploration

Biology

Computer science

  • January – The Commodore PET is announced at Winter CES. The first units are delivered to customers in October; back-orders for the popular system last for months and in early 1978 Commodore discontinues the 4KB model. The PET is the launch computer for Commodore which will later gain prominence with the Commodore 64 in 1982, the single most produced home computer with over 17 million produced.[3]
  • June 5 – The first Apple II home computers (largely designed by Steve Wozniak) go on sale in the U.S., among the first successful mass-produced microcomputers.[4][5]
  • August 3 - The TRS-80 Model I is announced at a press conference in New York City. Radio Shack begin sales in September, and despite a sales forecast of only 3,000 units per year, over 10,000 are sold in just one and a half months. Radio Shack will later develop an entire line of computers over the following 20 years.
  • September - The Atari 2600 home video game console is released.

Cryptography

History of science

  • Roy Porter publishes The Making of Geology: Earth Science in Britain 1660-1815.

Mathematics

Medicine

Oceanography

Technology

Awards

Births

Deaths

References

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