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W. F. Libby and the development of radiocarbon dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Burleigh
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Radiocarbon dating is probably the greatest contribution that has been made to archaeology by the physical sciences, and we owe its existence to the genius of Willard Frank Libby, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 71 years on 8 September 1980. His death is a loss both to archaeology and, because of the breadth of his scientific interests and achievements, to science at large.

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Antiquity , Volume 55 , Issue 214 , July 1981 , pp. 96 - 98
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1981

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