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Notes on the Early History of the Interaction between Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry: The Development of Physical Biochemistry

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Mercedes Guzmán-Casado and Antonio Parody-Morreale

Departamento de Química Física e Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

J. Chem. Educ., 2002, 79 (3), p 327

DOI: 10.1021/ed079p327

Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A random walk is made amid some salient historical features, mainly occurring in the first half of the 20th century, which led to the field of physical biochemistry. The approach to the study of biological macromolecules by several physical chemists from both the thermodynamic and the structural point of view is reviewed.