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'''Willard Libby''' (1908-1980) was a [[University of Chicago]] professor and physical chemist who proposed [[carbon dating]] in the late 1940s and authored a book entitled ''Radiocarbon Dating'' (1952). This work became a favorite of promoters of [[evolution]] and an [[Old Earth]], despite limitations and a disprovable assumption (see below), and Libby was heralded as a hero on the cover of ''Time'' magazine<ref>http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009/03/nobel-laureate-willard-libby.html</ref>
'''Willard Libby''' (1908-1980) was a [[University of Chicago]] professor and physical chemist who proposed [[carbon dating]] in the late 1940s and authored a book entitled ''Radiocarbon Dating'' (1952). This work became a favorite of promoters of [[evolution]] and an [[Old Earth]], despite limitations and a disprovable assumption (see below), and Libby was heralded as a hero on the cover of ''Time'' magazine<ref>http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009/03/nobel-laureate-willard-libby.html</ref> and granted these honors:
*the Chandler Medal of Columbia University, recognizing outstanding achievement in chemistry (1954)
*the Chandler Medal of Columbia University, recognizing outstanding achievement in chemistry (1954)