Gary Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.[2]
Gary Brent Dalrymple | |
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 Brent Dalrymple adjusting mass spectrometer vacuum flight tube, 1971 | |
| Born | May 9, 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Research regarding the history of Earth's magnetic field and radiometric dating |
| Spouse | Sharon[1] |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1975, and was the organization's president from 1990 to 1992; received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College in 1993 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
| Thesis | Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic chronology of the Sierra Nevada, California (1963) |
He was born in Alhambra, California. After receiving a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at Oregon State University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the National Medal of Science.[3] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[4]
Since 2013, Dalrymple has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.[5]
Selected publications
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- Dalrymple, Brent (1994). The Age of the Earth. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2331-1.
- Dalrymple, Brent (2004). Ancient Earth, ancient skies: the age of Earth and its cosmic surroundings. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4933-7.
- Allan, Cox; Doell, Richard R.; Dalrymple, G. Brent (15 June 1963). "Geomagnetic Polarity Epochs and Pleistocene Geochronometry". Nature. 198 (4885): 1049–1051. Bibcode:1963Natur.198.1049C. doi:10.1038/1981049a0. S2CID 4180105.
References
edit- ^ "G. Brent Dalrymple". Pennsylvania State University. 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Lubick, Naomi (April 2005). "G. Brent Dalrymple: Deep time in a tarpaper shack". Geotimes. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
- ^ "NCSE Supporter Dalrymple receives National Medal of Science". National Center for Science Education. February 16, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ "Advisory Council". ncse.com. National Center for Science Education. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
Sources
edit- American Geophysical Union Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine (includes photo)
External links
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- Oral history interview transcript with Brent Dalrymple on 7 June 2021, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- A Natural History of Time by Brent Dalrymple
- Brent Dalrymple Oral History Interview
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