Article ID: CBB001252545

Radiocarbon Dating: Willard F. Libby (1908--1980) on the 25th Anniversary of His Death (2005)

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On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Willard F. Libby (1908--1980), who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archæology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science, this article recounts his life and achievements with an emphasis on his method of radiocarbon dating.

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Authors & Contributors
Kauffman, George B.
Kern, Emily Margaret
Mainz, Vera V.
Pushcharovsky, Dmitry
Zangwill, Andrew
Van Houten, Josh
Concepts
Chemistry
Nobel Prizes
Memorials; commemorations
Biographies
Inventors and invention
Biochemistry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
England
Scotland
Russia
New Zealand
Denmark
Institutions
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Niels Bohr Institutet, Copenhagen
American Chemical Society
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