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Born August 31, 1887 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 17, 1958 (aged 71) • Vienna • Austria
Subjects Of Study atmosphere • helium dating • isotopic tracer • noble gas • radical • radioactive isotope
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Sir William Ramsay
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Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
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Martin Karplus
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Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von
Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach
Austrian chemist and engineer
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Richard Zsigmondy
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