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HEVESY, George Charles de (1885 – 1966)

HEVESY, George Charles de (1885 – 1966)

1885 – 1966

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1923 CE

#9333

The absorption and translocation of lead by plants: A contribution to the application of the method of radioactive indicators in the investigation of the change of substance in plants.

The first application of radioactive tracers in biological studies. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link. Hevesy received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers …

1924 CE

#9334

Radiochemical method of studying the circulation of lead in the body.

First application of radioactive tracers in animals, specifically rabbits and guinea pigs. See also Hevesy et al, "Radiochemical method of studying the circulation of bismuth in the body," C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 178…

1938 CE

#14279

The application of isotopic indicators in biological research.

A summary of Hevesy's research on the topic for which he received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference.)