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

"Radiocarbon Dating Memories and Hopes" Department of Chemistry and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California-Los Angeles National Science Foundation (October 1972). F. For his contributions to the team that developed this process Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960.

Willard Frank Libby (December 17 1908 – September 8 1980) was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating a process which revolutionized archaeology.