Overview
- 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.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Locale
- Great Britain
Germany - Contents
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Breakfast at the Hills'
Not Even a Physiologist
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
Heat and Lactic Acid
Hill's Brigands and the Great War, 1914-18
Post-war Tensions
Stockholm and Beyond
Revolutions in Physiology and Power
Preparing for War
1940 - Backs Against the Wall
Deliverance
Restoration
Legacies. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Breakfast at the Hills' -- Not Even a Physiologist -- Otto Fritz Meyerhof -- Heat and Lactic Acid -- Hill's Brigands and the Great War, 1914-18 -- Post-war Tensions -- Stockholm and Beyond -- Revolutions in Physiology and Power -- Preparing for War -- 1940 - Backs Against the Wall -- Deliverance -- Restoration -- Legacies.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780197582633
019758263X - Physical Description
- x, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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- 2024-06-24 13:26:00
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