Interest in the Turin Shroud continues to the present day even though it was finally carbon dated in 1988 and shown not to be of an age consistent with Christ's burial. Scientifically, the age of the shroud cloth is of little consequence, but to the general public, it is of considerable significance. The author Harry E. Gove is a co-inventor of accelerator mass spectrometry and was responsible for its use in establishing whether the Turin Shroud could have been Christ's burial cloth. Relic, Icon or Hoax?: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud presents an eyewitness account of the events that culminated in the final determination of the age of the linen cloth of the Turin Shroud and some of the subsequent reactions to the results. The book discusses the application of accelerator mass spectrometry to the carbon dating of the Turin Shroud using samples only a few square centimeters in area and weighing only a few tens of milligrams.

Relic, Icon or Hoax?: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud

History

Gove, Harry E.

World

CRC-Press

From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry presents a fascinating account of a breakthrough in science and the insights it has brought that would not have been possible without it. Involved since its invention, Harry Gove recounts the story of the development of accelerator mass spectrometry and its use as an ultrasensitive detection technique in many fields of science and the arts. A key advantage of the technique is that it requires only very small samples of material. The book explores the areas where the technique has increased understanding and provided solutions to problems, including the clean-up and storage of nuclear waste, the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, biomedical research, the settling of the Americas, and carbon dating of many precious artifacts. Objects dated include the Turin Shroud, the Iceman, the elephant bird egg, and the Dead Sea scrolls.

Science & Math

Chemistry

Inst of Physics Pub Inc

From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry presents a fascinating account of a breakthrough in science and the insights it has brought that would not have been possible without it. Involved since its invention, Harry Gove recounts the story of the development of accelerator mass spectrometry and its use as an ultrasensitive detection technique in many fields of science and the arts. A key advantage of the technique is that it requires only very small samples of material. The book explores the areas where the technique has increased understanding and provided solutions to problems, including the clean-up and storage of nuclear waste, the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, biomedical research, the settling of the Americas, and carbon dating of many precious artifacts. Objects dated include the Turin Shroud, the Iceman, the elephant bird egg, and the Dead Sea scrolls.

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1984 ASIN: 0824315340

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1984 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

Jackson, J.D.

Physics

Annual Reviews

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1985 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1986 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1987 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

Book by Jackson, J. D., Gove, Harry E., Schwitters, Roy F.

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1988 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

Schwitters, Roy F.

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science: 1992 (Annual Review of Nuclear & Particle Science)

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