Wandering in the gardens of the mind: Peter Mitchell and the making of Glynn
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Main Author: Prebble, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press c2003
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-306) and index
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chronology -- 1 Prologue58; Who Was Peter Mitchell63; -- 2 Early Years and Education58; 19208211;1939 -- 3 The Early Cambridge Years58; 19398211;1947 -- 4 Research at Cambridge58; 19478211;1955 -- 5 Edinburgh58; 19558211;1963 -- 6 The Creation of Glynn58; 19628211;1965 -- 7 Testing the Theory58; 19658211;1968 -- 8 Exploring the Implications of the Theory58; 19698211;1973 -- 9 Getting the Arithmetic Right58; 19748211;1976 -- 10 From Review to Nobel Prize58; 19778211;1978 -- 11 The Cytochrome Oxidase Controversy58; 19778211;1986 -- 12 Science for Humanity58; 19858211;1992 -- 13 Epilogue58; Mitchell and Glynn -- Appendix58; Theories of Oxidative Phosphorylation -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Last Page
Peter Mitchell, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his chemiosmotic theory, was a highly original scientist who revolutionized our understanding of cellular metabolism and bioenergetics. This is the only full biography of Mitchell, and it should be of considerable interest to biophysicists, biochemists, and physicians and researchers focusing on metabolism, as well as historians of medicine and biology
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 324 p.)
ISBN:1280531231
1423784855
9781280531231
9781423784852

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