Editing 1979 in science (section)

==Mathematics==
* '[[Monstrous moonshine]]': [[John Horton Conway|John Conway]] and [[Simon P. Norton]] prove there is a connection between the [[Monster group]] ''M'' and the [[j-invariant|''j''-function]] in number theory.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Monstrous Moonshine|journal=Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society|volume=11|pages=308–339|year=1979|doi=10.1112/blms/11.3.308|last1=Conway|first1=J. H.|last2=Norton|first2=S. P.|issue=3}}</ref>
* The first modern [[Sudoku]], known as ''Number Place'', appears in ''Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games'' (United States), devised by [[Howard Garns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_09_05_05.html|title=Ed Pegg Jr.'s Math Games: Sudoku Variations|accessdate=2006-10-03|last=Pegg|first=Ed Jr.|date=2005-09-15|work=MAA Online|publisher=[[The Mathematical Association of America]]}}</ref>