To the role of thermodynamics and bioenergetics in the history of physico-chemical biology
Abstract
In the article the leading role of thermodynamics
in transformation of biology into the kind of
exact science like physics and chemistry is discussed.
Bioenergetics emerged in the 1860s as a new branch
of general physiology investigating the applicability of
thermodynamics laws to living processes, in the 1920s
became a research field of biochemistry. In the 1930s
- 60s bioenergetics as the science investigating the
molecular basis of energy metabolism is formed. The
conclusion is made that the history of bioenergetics reflects
the most significant patterns of the development
of modern physical-chemical biology.
in transformation of biology into the kind of
exact science like physics and chemistry is discussed.
Bioenergetics emerged in the 1860s as a new branch
of general physiology investigating the applicability of
thermodynamics laws to living processes, in the 1920s
became a research field of biochemistry. In the 1930s
- 60s bioenergetics as the science investigating the
molecular basis of energy metabolism is formed. The
conclusion is made that the history of bioenergetics reflects
the most significant patterns of the development
of modern physical-chemical biology.
About the Author
Никита Матвеенков
Институт истории естествознания и техники им. С.И. Вавилова РАН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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