Gerald Wasserburg
Gerald Wasserburg · Science & Medicine
Geochemist who advanced isotope geochronology and the dating of meteorites and the solar system
1927, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA — 2016, Pasadena, California, USA
United States
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Gerald Wasserburg was an American geochemist at Caltech who advanced isotope geochronology, building precision mass spectrometers ('Lunatic') to date meteorites, lunar samples, and the age of the Solar System. His measurements helped establish the timeline of planetary formation. He was Jewish.
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Geochemist who advanced isotope geochronology and the dating of meteorites and the solar system
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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