Martin D. Kamen

Martin D. Kamen's Death

Born (Birthday) August 27, 1913

Death Date August 31, 2002

Age of Death 89 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Physicist

The physicist Martin D. Kamen died at the age of 89. Here is all you want to know, and more!

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Physicist who discovered the Carbon-14 element, which allowed biologists to peer inside the chemistry of living cells. He also worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, which developed the first atomic bomb.

Working with another researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, he discovered the element present in every plant and animal.

During the McCarthy trials he was accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union and his passport was seized because of it.