he shroud was and is only a medieval artifact not the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Today, there are well over 130 radiocarbon dating laboratories around the world. They all charge different amounts of money to give a date of a specific sample; it may cost approximately $250. (Bowman, 1990) Many advances are taking place with radiocarbon dating, and many more will come. As one can see, radiocarbon dating has many uses and implications because it can date anything that was once living (with limitations). Dr. Libby said it best,"[Radiocarbon dating] has become a valuable research tool, improving our knowledge of chronology". (p. 141,1955) The uses of radiocarbon dating are many, this allows its use to affect many different fields of science including hydrology, atmospheric science, oceanography, geology, paleoclimatology, archaeology, biomedicine, and many much more. Radiocarbon dating proved to be one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. This is all due to Libby and his associates; in thanks for this achievement, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Science in 1960. (Bowman, 1990)...
