In 1771 an English chemist, Joseph Priestly made a major breakthrough which led us to the understanding that the plant mass actually comes from the air in the form of carbon dioxide. This fact was confirmed by Martin Kamen in 1940 when he discovered carbon-14 which could be used to trace the carbon in carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.
About the author
Umair has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. He also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Embedded System Design from the Centre of Development of Advanced Computing (Pune, India). Currently, Umair is pursuing his MS in Electronics Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, UK).