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| bibcode=1960PhRvL...4....8R}}</ref> thought to be a result of the beta decay of [[iodine-129]] in the early [[solar system]].<ref>pp. 400&ndash;403, ''Radiogenic Isotope Geology'', Alan P. Dickin, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0521598915.</ref> His improvement of [[potassium-argon dating]] was adopted by several institutions.<ref name=im>[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb1r29n709&doc.view=content&chunk.id=div00061&toc.depth=1&brand=oac&anchor.id=0 John H. Reynolds, Physics: Berkeley], Bruce A. Bolt, Richard E. Packard, and P. Buford Price, in ''University of California: In Memoriam, 2000'', edited by Micki Conklin, University of California Academic Senate, 2000. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/jreynolds.html John H. Reynolds], P. Buford Price, ''Biographical Memoirs'' '''85''' (2004), pp. 248&ndash;267, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, ISBN 0-309-10363-0. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.</ref>
| bibcode=1960PhRvL...4....8R}}</ref> thought to be a result of the beta decay of [[iodine-129]] in the early [[solar system]].<ref>pp. 400&ndash;403, ''Radiogenic Isotope Geology'', Alan P. Dickin, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-521-59891-5.</ref> His improvement of [[potassium-argon dating]] was adopted by several institutions.<ref name=im>[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb1r29n709&doc.view=content&chunk.id=div00061&toc.depth=1&brand=oac&anchor.id=0 John H. Reynolds, Physics: Berkeley], Bruce A. Bolt, Richard E. Packard, and P. Buford Price, in ''University of California: In Memoriam, 2000'', edited by Micki Conklin, University of California Academic Senate, 2000. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/jreynolds.html John H. Reynolds], P. Buford Price, ''Biographical Memoirs'' '''85''' (2004), pp. 248&ndash;267, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, ISBN 0-309-10363-0. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.</ref>


Reynolds was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1968. He died of [[pneumonia]] on November 4, 2000 in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[USA]].<ref name=im />
Reynolds was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1968. He died of [[pneumonia]] on November 4, 2000 in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[USA]].<ref name=im />

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John Hamilton Reynolds
Born(1923-04-03)April 3, 1923
DiedNovember 4, 2000(2000-11-04) (aged 77)
Alma materHarvard University,
University of Chicago
Known forDiscovery of excess meteoritic 129Xe
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago,
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorMark Inghram

John Hamilton Reynolds[1] (April 3, 1923–November 4, 2000) was an American physicist and a specialist in mass spectrometry.[2]

Life

John H. Reynolds was born (1923-04-03)April 3, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He studied first at Harvard University and, after serving in the Navy during World War II, at the University of Chicago. There, he was influenced by his Ph.D. thesis advisor Mark Inghram and by two other famous physicists, Harold Urey and Enrico Fermi. He specialized in mass spectrometry and utilized this method to determine isotope ratios needed for the radiometric dating of geologically and cosmologically relevant samples. In 1950 he was appointed as professor to the University of California, Berkeley where he continued his research on isotope ratios in meteorites, leading to the discovery in 1960 that certain meteorites had an excess of xenon-129,[3][4] thought to be a result of the beta decay of iodine-129 in the early solar system.[5] His improvement of potassium-argon dating was adopted by several institutions.[2][6]

Reynolds was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1968. He died of pneumonia on November 4, 2000 in Berkeley, California, USA.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Leonard Medal, Meteoritics 8 (1973), pp. 291–293.
  2. ^ a b c John H. Reynolds, Physics: Berkeley, Bruce A. Bolt, Richard E. Packard, and P. Buford Price, in University of California: In Memoriam, 2000, edited by Micki Conklin, University of California Academic Senate, 2000. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.
  3. ^ J. H. Reynolds (1960). "Isotopic Composition of Primordial Xenon". Physical Review Letters. 4 (7): 351–354. Bibcode:1960PhRvL...4..351R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.4.351.
  4. ^ J. H. Reynolds (1960). "Determination of the Age of the Elements". Physical Review Letters. 4 (1): 8–10. Bibcode:1960PhRvL...4....8R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.4.8.
  5. ^ pp. 400–403, Radiogenic Isotope Geology, Alan P. Dickin, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-521-59891-5.
  6. ^ John H. Reynolds, P. Buford Price, Biographical Memoirs 85 (2004), pp. 248–267, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, ISBN 0-309-10363-0. Accessed on line October 24, 2007.

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