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- NAME: Willard Libby
- OCCUPATION: Chemist
- BIRTH DATE: December 17, 1908
- DEATH DATE: September 08, 1980
- EDUCATION: University of California at Berkeley
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Grand Valley, Colorado
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
- Full Name: Willard Frank Libby
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Willard Libby was a chemist whose technique of carbon-14 dating provided an extremely valuable tool for a variety of scientists.
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While associated with the Manhattan Project (1941–45), Willard Libby helped develop the atomic bomb. Libby began experimenting with carbon-14, radiocarbon, in the late 1930s and discovered that it could be used to determine the age of very old things. In 1947, Libby obtained the first age determination using the carbon-14 dating technique and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery in 1960.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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