Harry Gove
Harry E. Gove (born May 22, 1922 in Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada , † February 18, 2009 in Toronto ) was a Canadian-American physicist .
Life
Gove studied applied physics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and graduated with a B.Sc. in 1944. He continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , graduating with a Ph.D. in 1950. in nuclear physics.
From 1956 to 1963 he was division manager for nuclear physics at Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. in Chalk River . From 1963 he held a professorship in physics at the University of Rochester . There he headed the Laboratory for Nuclear Research until 1988, and from 1977 to 1980 he was Dean of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. In 1992 he retired and held a professorship for physics at the University of Toronto from 1997 .
In 1962 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
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His significant contribution to the development of radiometric dating methods using accelerator mass spectrometry is significant . For radiocarbon dating in particular , this made it possible to manage with much smaller sample quantities than was necessary with the previously common method.
He also became known through the suggestion to date the Turin Shroud by means of the then new radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry, and the effort with which he pursued this proposal until its implementation in 1988. Although his laboratory was not involved in the measurements himself, H. Gove was an invited guest eyewitness to the radiocarbon measurements of the Shroud in Paul Damon's laboratory in Arizona; one of the three institutes involved in dating the Shroud. In 1996, in his book Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud recorded the measurements as well as the processes in the environment and rejected the possible falsification of radiocarbon dating alleged by proponents of authenticity.
Fonts
- Harry E. Gove, Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud. Institute of Physics Publishing, (1996) ISBN 0-7503-0398-0
- Harry E. Gove, From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Iop Institute of Physics, (1998) ISBN 0-7503-0557-6
Web links
- Harry Edmund Gove at physicstoday.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gove, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gove, Harry E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niagara Falls, Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Toronto |