Definition:Radiocarbon Dating/Historical Note/Mistake

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Source Work

1963: Morris Tenenbaum and Harry Pollard: Ordinary Differential Equations:

Chapter $1$: Basic Concepts:
Lesson $1$: How Differential Equations Originate


Mistake

*Dr. Willard F. Libby was awarded the $1960$ Nobel Physics Prize for developing this method of ascertaining the age of ancient objects. His $C^{14}$ half-life figure is $5600$ years, ...


Correction

It was in fact the Nobel Prize in Chemistry that he was awarded.


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