Article ID: CBB001252561

Heavy Hydrogen, Geophysics, and Planetary Science: A Retrospective View of Harold C. Urey (1893--1981) on the 75th Anniversary of His Discovery of Deuterium and the 25th Anniversary of His Death (2006)

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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his discovery of deuterium and the 25th anniversary of his death, this article summarizes the life and career of Harold Clayton Urey (1893--1981), with emphasis on deuterium and his 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, work on the Manhattan Project, paleotemperatures, cosmochemistry, planetary science, the origin of the universe and of life in it, and the Miller--Urey experiment.

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Authors & Contributors
Shindell, Matthew Benjamin
Mebrahtu, Gebrekidan
Maar, Juergen Heinrich
Kostecka, Keith Simeon
Thomas, Linda Carrick
Sears, Derek W. G.
Concepts
Chemistry
Chemical elements
Biographies
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Nobel Prizes
Astronomy
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Ethiopia
Warsaw (Poland)
Ohio (U.S.)
Russia
Great Britain
Institutions
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
University of Chicago
American Institute of Physics
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