1952 in science

1952 in science

The year 1952 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Archaeology

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

Biology

* August 1: Around 9 o'clock AMVerify source|date=November 2007 , the San Benedicto Rock Wren goes extinct as its island home is smothered in a massive volcanic eruption.

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.

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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