Editing 1941 in science (section)

==Physics==
* June – British scientist [[Geoffrey Ingram Taylor|G. I. Taylor]] predicts the blast effects from an [[atomic bomb]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Geoffrey|last=Taylor|title=The formation of a blast wave by a very intense explosion|journal=[[Proceedings of the Royal Society]]|location=London|volume=A201|year=1950|pages=159 ff|jstor=98395}} The report was classified when written.</ref>
* June 28 – [[President of the United States]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16137# Executive Order 8807] creating the [[Office of Scientific Research and Development]] with [[Vannevar Bush]] as its director. The office is charged with production of an atomic bomb.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Richard G. Hewlett|last1=Hewlett|first1=Richard G.|last2=Anderson|first2=Oscar E.|title=The New World, 1939–1946|location=University Park, Pennsylvania|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=1962|isbn=0-520-07186-7|oclc=637004643|pages=40–41}}</ref>
* October 1 – Artificial [[nuclear transmutation]] of [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] into [[gold]] by [[fast neutrons]] is reported in ''[[Physical Review]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | url =https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.60.473 |title=Transmutation of Mercury by Fast Neutrons|author1=R. Sherr |author2=K. T. Bainbridge |author3=H. H. Anderson|journal=Physical Review| date= 1 October 1941|volume=60 |issue=7 |pages=473–479 | accessdate =20 June 2022|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.60.473|bibcode=1941PhRv...60..473S |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* December 2 – First [[calutron]] operated.
[[Image:Gloster E28-39 first prototyp lr.jpg|thumb|The [[Gloster E.28/39]], the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine]]