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Willard Libby

(1908–1980) Chemist

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Willard Libby was a chemist, best known for Radiocarbon dating.

Quick Facts About Willard Libby

Born: December 17, 1908
Died: September 8, 1980
Profession: Chemist
Notable works: Radiocarbon dating

About Willard Libby

Willard Frank Libby was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions to the team that developed this process, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Willard Libby

Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike.

Abolition

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You honor me greatly and beyond my ability as an individual but in so doing you honor my colleagues also who made…

Ability

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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general…

Establishment

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And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world…

Achievement

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The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.

Atomic energy

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Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.

Achievement

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We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will…

Atoms

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