Editing 1966 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* January 15 – [[Sergei Korolev]] (born [[1907 in science|1907]]), [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[space]] [[scientist]].
* March 1 – [[Fritz Houtermans]] (born [[1903 in science|1903]]), [[Prussia]]n-born [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[physicist]].
* March 12 – [[Sydney Camm]] (born [[1893 in science|1893]]), [[English people|English]] [[aircraft designer]].
* March 26 – [[Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler]] (born [[1883 in science|1883]]), American mathematician.
* June 20 – Monsignor [[Georges Lemaître]] (born [[1894 in science|1894]]), [[Belgians|Belgian]] physicist.
* July 7 – [[George de Hevesy]] (born [[1885 in science|1885]]), [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* August 10 – [[Felix Andries Vening Meinesz]] (born [[1887 in science|1887]]), Dutch [[geophysicist]].
* October 1 – [[Mary Logan Reddick]] (born [[1914 in science|1914]]), African American neuroembryologist.
* October 3 – [[Rolf Maximilian Sievert]] (born [[1896 in science|1896]]), [[Swedish people|Swedish]] physicist.