Melvin Calvin. 8 April 1911 — 8 January 1997

Autor:	Andrew A. Benson, Glenn T. Seaborg
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Family medicine medicine Environmental ethics General Medicine business
Zdroj:	Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 54:59-70
ISSN:	1748-8494 0080-4606
DOI:	10.1098/rsbm.2007.0050
Popis:	Melvin Calvin died in Berkeley on 8 January 1997, at the age of 85, from a heart attack following years of declining health. He was widely known for his mental intensity, skill in asking questions, and impressive presentation of his research and ideas. During the period1946–57 Calvin directed laboratories utilizing carbon–14 and other radio–isotopes in the University of California's Radiation Laboratory, founded by Ernest Orlando Lawrence. Among his achievements was the delineation of the path of carbon in photo synthesis, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1961. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1954. Among his many honours were the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society in 1978, the US National Medal of Science in 1989, and the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in1964.
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