Radiocarbon dating

Topics include his thesis work in radiocarbon dating; his relationship with Maurice Ewing and Lamont Geological Observatory; his work on in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s; CO2 research; Milankovitch cycles; GEOSECS; paleoclimatology; global warming; funding for research in climatology and oceanography; International Decade of Ocean Exploration; science and the U. S. government; the North Atlantic conveyor. Also includes discussion of politics and science; family background. Some prominently mentioned persons include: C. Emilian, Albert Gore, Jr., Frank Press, Willard Libby, Hans Suess.

Topics include his thesis work in radiocarbon dating; his relationship with Maurice Ewing and Lamont Geological Observatory; his work on in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s; CO2 research; Milankovitch cycles; GEOSECS; paleoclimatology; global warming; funding for research in climatology and oceanography; International Decade of Ocean Exploration; science and the U. S. government; the North Atlantic conveyor. Also includes discussion of politics and science; family background. Some prominently mentioned persons include: C. Emilian, Albert Gore, Jr., Frank Press, Willard Libby, Hans Suess.

Beginning work on carbon-14 dating with Willard Libby at the University of Chicago (1946, 1948-1950); work with Hans Suess; Willard Libby's background; work at Princeton University (1955-1958); research on Beryllium isotopes; work with Ernest Anderson on carbon-14 and discussion of the chronology and events that surrounded the publication of his paper: Arnold, James R. and Ernest C. Anderson (1957); "The Distribution of Carbon-14 in Nature." Tessus 9: 28-32; meeting Roger Revelle, 1956; funding sources for his work; response to his papers within the scientific community; differences between science today and the 1950s.