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Bound by muscle : biological science, humanism, and the lives of A.V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof /

In Bound by Muscle, Andrew Brown details the lives and achievements of two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951). Hill and Meyerhof shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to metabolic changes underlying muscle acti...

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Main Author: Brown, Andrew, 1950 August 12- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2023]
Subjects:
Hill, A. V. > (Archibald Vivian), > 1886-1977.
Meyerhof, Otto, > 1884-1951.
Hill, A. V. > (Archibald Vivian), > 1886-1977
Meyerhof, Otto, > 1884-1951
Physiologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Physiologists > Germany > Biography.
Physiologistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Physiologistes > Allemagne > Biographies.
Physiologists
Germany
Great Britain
Biography & non-fiction prose.
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Electronic books.
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Summary:In Bound by Muscle, Andrew Brown details the lives and achievements of two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951). Hill and Meyerhof shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to metabolic changes underlying muscle activity. Bound by Muscle describes how Hill and Meyerhof's lives and careers intersected and diverged and how their work changed the course of biological science.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197582640
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