Samuel Ruben
Samuel Ruben · Science & Medicine
Chemist who co-discovered carbon-14 and used isotopes to trace photosynthesis.
1913, San Francisco, California, United States — 1943, Berkeley, California, United States
United States
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Samuel Ruben was an American chemist who, with Martin Kamen, co-discovered the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 and used isotopic tracers to study the pathways of carbon in photosynthesis. His work laid groundwork for radiocarbon dating and biochemical tracing before his early death from a laboratory accident in 1943. He was Jewish and is included in scholarly listings of Jewish scientists.
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Chemist who co-discovered carbon-14 and used isotopes to trace photosynthesis.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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