Keywords:
Mitchell, Peter Dennis.
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Glynn Research Institute.
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Biochemists -- England -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This is a biography of Peter Mitchell, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and will be of considerable interest to biophysicists, biochemists, and physicians and researchers focusing on metabolism, as well as historians of medicine and biology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (564 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780195349559
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=281367
DDC:
572/.092;B
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknoledgements -- Contents -- Foreword, by Sir Tom Blundell -- Chronology -- 1 Prologue: Who Was Peter Mitchell? -- 2 Early Years and Education: 1920-1939 -- 3 The Early Cambridge Years: 1939-1947 -- 4 Research at Cambridge: 1947-1955 -- 5 Edinburgh: 1955-1963 -- 6 The Creation of Glynn: 1962-1965 -- 7 Testing the Theory: 1965-1968 -- 8 Exploring the Implications of the Theory: 1969-1973 -- 9 Getting the Arithmetic Right: 1974-1976 -- 10 From Review to Nobel Prize: 1977-1978 -- 11 The Cytochrome Oxidase Controversy: 1977-1986 -- 12 Science for Humanity: 1985-1992 -- 13 Epilogue: Mitchell and Glynn -- Appendix: Theories of Oxidative Phosphorylation -- Notes -- Index.
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