Chance & Design
Reminiscences of Science in Peace and War
As a student in Cambridge, Alan Hodgkin first became interested in the basis of nerve conduction, using single nerve fibers from a shore crab in his experiments. In 1963, he won the Nobel prize for his work on nerve conduction, and in 1970 became President of the Royal Society. Chance and Design is a fascinating chronicle of Hodgkin's life, providing a glimpse into the world of Cambridge undergraduates in the thirties, the motivation behind his research into nerve conduction, his work on centimeter radar during World War II, and his life as a Cambridge academic after the war. The book concludes with an account of the Nobel prize ceremony in 1…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-45603-6
- EAN: 9780521456036
- Produktnummer: 1684972
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 428 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D2.2 cm 795 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 795
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