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 | | In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his contributions to the knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances and his investigations on the occurrence and nature of isotopes” (Callum & Taylor, 143). |
 | | The inscription thanks Joly for photographs, including the one at Figure 33 that depicts “Haloes of Unknown Origin in Ytterby Mica.” Professor of Geology at Trinity College, Joly was known for his endless innovation and creativity, which resulted in the invention of several scientific instruments and the publication of scores of papers. |
 | | His greatest fame, however, came in the area of radioactivity, where he made groundbreaking discoveries into “terrestrial heat and the effect it would have on calculations of the age of the earth made by Kelvin’s method,” dating geological formations, and using radioactivity for therapeutic purposes (DSB). |
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