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Name: Martin David Kamen
Birth Date: 1913
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: chemist

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Biography of Martin David Kamen
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Martin D. Kamen was responsible, with Samuel Ruben, for the discovery of carbon 14. His discovery of the long-lived radioactive isotope made possible much further research on photosynthesis, so this was of particular importance to biologists. Carbon 14...


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Martin David Kamen (August 27, 1913, Toronto – August 31, 2002), was co-discoverer (with Sam Ruben) of the isotope carbon-14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory,...


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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Martin David Kamen
12/01/2004: 1,746 words, approx. 6 pages
27 AUGUST 1913 * 31 AUGUST 2002 IN FEBRUARY 1940, Martin Kamen, working together with a graduate student colleague named Sam Ruben at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, looked for and found a long-lived radioisotope of carbon. The discovery of this material, C-14, immediately...
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The Washington Post
Martin Kamen Dies; Discovered Carbon-14
09/08/2002: 513 words, approx. 2 pages
Martin D. Kamen, 89, whose discovery of the radioactive element carbon-14 enabled biologists to decipher the complex chemistry of the living cell, died of pneumonia Aug. 31 in California. The discovery made possible the radiocarbon dating that allows archaeologists to determine the age...
 


 

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