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Early History of Carbon-14: Discovery of this supremely important tracer was expected in the physical sense but not in the chemical sense.

Martin D. KamenAuthors Info & Affiliations
Science
10 May 1963
Vol 140, Issue 3567
pp. 584-590
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3567.584
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