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== 1960s ==
* [[finite element method#History|First recorded use]] of the term "finite element method" by [[Ray W. Clough|Ray Clough]],<ref>RW Clough, “The Finite Element Method in Plane
Stress Analysis,” Proceedings of 2nd ASCE Conference on Electronic Computation, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 8, 9, 1960.</ref> to describe the methods of Courant, Hrenikoff and Zienkiewicz, among others. See also [[Structural analysis#Timeline|here]].
* Using computational investigations of the [[3 body problem]], Minovitch formulates the [[gravity assist]] method.<ref>Minovitch, Michael: "A method for determining interplanetary free-fall reconnaissance trajectories," Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Memo TM-312-130, pages 38-44 (23 August 1961).</ref><ref>Christopher Riley and Dallas Campbell, Oct 22, 2012. [http://www.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fscience-environment-20033940&ei=j-29UZ6sNIexPInBgfAG&usg=AFQjCNEj30660hWJWTpfDJohrZek5KxAFA "The maths that made Voyager possible"]. BBC News Science and Environment. Recovered 16 Jun 2013.</ref>
* Molecular dynamics was invented independently by [[Aneesur Rahman]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rahman|first=A|title=Correlations in the Motion of Atoms in Liquid Argon|journal=Phys Rev|year=1964|volume=136|issue=2A|pages=A405–A41|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.136.A405|bibcode = 1964PhRv..136..405R }}</ref>
* [[Martin Kruskal|Kruskal]] and [[Norman Zabusky|Zabusky]] follow up the [[Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem]] with further numerical experiments, and coin the term "soliton".<ref>Zabusky, N. J.; Kruskal, M. D. (1965). "Interaction of 'solitons' in a collisionless plasma and the recurrence of initial states". Phys. Rev. Lett. 15 (6): 240–243. Bibcode 1965PhRvL..15..240Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.15.240.</ref><ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soliton ; retrieved 3 nov 2012.</ref>
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