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Bound by muscle : biological science, humanism, and the lives of A.V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof / Andrew Brown.
By: Brown, Andrew [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197582664.Subject(s): Hill, A. V. (Archibald Vivian), 1886-1977 | Meyerhof, Otto, 1884-1951 | Physiologists -- Great Britain -- Biography | Physiologists -- Germany -- Biography | Muscles -- Physiology -- Research -- History | Biography | Biography & non-fiction proseAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197582633DDC classification: 571.0922 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Andrew Brown details the lives and achievements of two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951). They 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Andrew Brown details the lives and achievements of two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884-1951). They 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.
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