George W. Wetherill (1925-2006): physicist, geochemist, planetary scientist, astrobiologist
Abstract
Trained as a physicist, George W. Wetherill (1925-2006) made seminal contributions to the fields of geochemical dating, meteoritical and asteroidal science, and the theory of the formation of terrestrial planets, evolving along the way into one of the first astrobiologists.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010HiA....15..724B