Martin D. Kamen was a Canadian physicist born on August 27, 1913. He is best known for his work in the field of nuclear physics and his discovery of carbon-14. He was a professor at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. His net worth, biography, age, height, family, and career updates are available online.
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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.
His parents were Russian immigrants who settled in Toronto, Canada, and Kamen himself grew up in Chicago.
Faced with public charges of treason by Joseph McCarthy's committee, he attempted suicide at his lowest point, but did not succeed.
