Editing 1952 in science (section)

==Physics==
* November 1 – [[Nuclear testing]]: [[Operation Ivy]] – The United States successfully detonates the first [[hydrogen bomb|hydrogen device]], codenamed "[[Ivy Mike]]" ["m" for megaton], at [[Eniwetok]] island in the [[Bikini Atoll]] located in the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="Factmonster">{{cite web|url=http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0824719.html|title=Hydrogen Bomb|publisher=The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia|access-date=2009-12-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115033200/http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0824719.html| archive-date=15 January 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> The elements [[einsteinium]] and [[fermium]] are discovered in the fallout.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Albert|last=Ghiorso|author-link=Albert Ghiorso|year=2003|title=Einsteinium and Fermium|journal=[[Chemical & Engineering News]]|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/80th/einsteiniumfermium.html|volume=81|issue=36|pages=174–175|access-date=2012-02-08|doi=10.1021/cen-v081n036.p174}}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Dummer]] proposes the [[integrated circuit]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=978-1-85986-000-7}}</ref>