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Born June 3, 1878 • Lynn • Massachusetts
Died February 10, 1942 (aged 63) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Notable Works “The Fitness of the Environment” • “The Order of Nature”
Subjects Of Study Henderson-Hasselbach equation • acid-base equilibrium • homeostasis
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David Baker
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Modrich, Paul
Paul Modrich
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Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Gerald Maurice Edelman
Gerald Maurice Edelman
American physical chemist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist