Editing 1982 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* February 20 – [[Derek Jackson]] (b. [[1906 in science|1906]]), British-born [[spectroscopist]] and steeplechase rider.
* March 25 – [[Rufus P. Turner]] (b. [[1907 in science|1907]]), [[African American]] [[electronic engineer]].
* April 9 – [[Robert Havemann]] (b. [[1910 in science|1910]]), [[Germans|German]] [[chemist]].
* May 3 – [[Henri Tajfel]] (b. [[1919 in science|1919]]), [[Polish people|Polish]]-born [[British people|British]] [[social psychologist]].
* May 22 – [[Jay Laurence Lush]] (b. [[1896 in science|1896]]), [[Americans|American]] livestock [[geneticist]].
* June 12 – [[Karl von Frisch]] (b. [[1886 in science|1886]]), [[Austria]]n-born [[ethology|ethologist]] and winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* July 29 – [[Vladimir K. Zworykin]] (b. [[1889 in science|1889]]), [[Russian American]] pioneer of television technology.
* August 5 – [[John Charnley]] (b. [[1911 in science|1911]]), [[English people|English]] [[orthopaedic surgeon]].
* December 27 – [[Jack Swigert]] (b. [[1931 in science|1931]]), American [[astronaut]].