Editing 1908 in science (section)

==Mathematics==
* [[Ernst Zermelo]] axiomizes [[set theory]], thus avoiding Cantor's contradictions.
* [[Josip Plemelj]] solves the Riemann problem about the existence of a differential equation with a given [[monodromic group]] and uses Sokhotsky-Plemelj formulae.
* [[Student's t-distribution|Student's ''t''-distribution]] published by [[William Sealy Gosset]] (pseudonymously).<ref>{{cite journal|author=Student|date=March 1908|title=The probable error of a mean|journal=[[Biometrika]]|volume=6|issue=1|pages=1–25|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/student.pdf|doi=10.1093/biomet/6.1.1|access-date=2011-10-08|hdl=10338.dmlcz/143545}}</ref>