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Libby and the Interdisciplinary Aspect of Radiocarbon Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Nicole de Messières
Nicole de Messières*
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Abstract

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At a time when exchange between scientific and non-scientific disciplines was uncommon, Willard F Libby broke through conventional barriers. Early influences prepared him for a career marked by its interdisciplinary approach, and for a discovery with far-ranging applications to many diverse branches of knowledge.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , 2001 , pp. 1 - 5
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Copyright © The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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