Hevesy, Georges de

Michael A Sutton, The University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002394

1885–1966 Austro-Hungarian physical chemist who pioneered the use of isotopic tracers in the study of plant and animal physiology.

Keywords: isotope; tracer; metabolism; radioactivity

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Further Reading
	book Hevesy G (1962) Adventures in Radio-isotope Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
	other Nobel Foundation (2000) Nobel e-Museum ePath [http://www.no_Hlt497559161b_Hlt497559161el.se/chemistry/laureates/1943]
	Spence R (1967) Georges de Hevesy. Chemistry in Britain 3: 527–532.
	book Szabadváry F (1972) "György de Hevesy". Gillispie CC Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 6, pp. 365–367. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.