1952 in science

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The year 1952 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Archaeology

• June 5 - Remains of a Viking ship found near Boston

Medicine

• February 6 - In the United States, a mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient.

Physics

• November 1 - Nuclear testing: Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini Atoll located in the Pacific Ocean.

Psychology

• King Solomon's Ring is published by Konrad Lorenz.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
• * Physics - Felix Bloch, Edward Mills Purcell
• * Chemistry - Archer John Porter Martin, Richard Laurence Millington Synge
• * Medicine - Selman Abraham Waksman

Births

Deaths

• November 2 - Chaim Weizmann (b. 1874), chemist, first President of Israel.

 

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