Peter Agre quotes
Peter Agre is an American physician and molecular biologist, celebrated for his discovery of aquaporins, the water channels in cell membranes. This breakthrough has greatly advanced understanding of how water moves through cells. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to science. Here are 22 of his quotes:
Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined, and researchers were often classically trained in only one discipline. In the late 19th century, knowledge of science was not a requisite for success in other walks of life.
Peter Agre
Dad was a chemistry professor at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, then Oxford College in Minnesota, and a very active member of the American Chemical Society education committee, where he sat on the committee with Linus Pauling, who had authored a very phenomenally important textbook of chemistry.
Peter Agre
Peter Agre
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Occupation: American Chemist
Born: January 30, 1949
Quotes count: 22
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