Willard Libby quotes

Willard Libby was an American scientist renowned for his invention of radiocarbon dating. This groundbreaking technique revolutionized archaeology and many other scientific fields by providing a method to determine the age of ancient objects. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this significant contribution. Here are 6 of his quotes:

We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes.

Willard Libby

You honor me greatly and beyond my ability as an individual but in so doing you honor my colleagues also who made possible the results you have cited.

Willard Libby

Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.

Willard Libby

The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.

Willard Libby

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

Willard Libby