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| Name: |
Willard Frank Libby | | Birth Date: |
December 17, 1908 | | Death Date: |
September 8, 1980 | | Place of Birth: |
Grand Valley, Colorado, United States | | Place of Death: |
Los Angeles, California, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
chemist |
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 Biography of Willard Frank Libby
564 words, approx. 2 pages
 The American chemist Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) pioneered in radiocarbon dating, for which he received the Nobel Prize. Willard Libby, a farmer's son, was born on December 17, 1908, at Grand Valley, Colorado. After schooling near Sebastopol,... summary from source:
 Biography of Willard Frank Libby
560 words, approx. 2 pages
Libby was an authority on radioactivity and radioactive decay. His greatest legacy is the science of radioactive dating, by which the age of ancient organic material can be determined. For this discovery, Libby was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in... summary from source:
 Biography of Willard F. Libby
2,173 words, approx. 7 pages
 Chemist Willard F. Libby developed the radiocarbon dating technique used to determine the age of organic materials. With applications in numerous branches of science, including archaeology, geology, and geophysics, radiocarbon dating has been used to... 
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 Willard Frank Libby Summary
88 words, approx. 1 pages1908-1980 American chemist who received the 1960 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing the technique of carbon-14 dating. As a member of the Manhattan Project, Libby helped develop a method of separating uranium isotopes, a critical step in the... summary from source:
Willard Frank Libby Summary
77 words, approx. 1 pages1908-1980 American chemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1960 for his work on the development of radiocarbon dating. He invented techniques for measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in the remains of organisms. This amount then could be... summary from source:
 Libby, Willard F. (1908-1980) Summary
1,639 words, approx. 6 pagesAmerican chemist Chemist Willard F. Libby developed the radiocarbon dating technique used to determine the age of organic materials. With applications in numerous branches of science, including archaeology, geology, and geophysics, radiocarbon dating... summary from source:
 Willard Libby Information
702 words, approx. 2 pages
Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American physical chemist, famous for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology. Libby was born in Grand Valley, Colorado....
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