Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Who is Albert Szent-Györgyi?
Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war.
- also known as Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
- born on (122 years ago) in Budapest, child of Miklós Szent-Györgyi and Jozefina Lenhossék
- nationality: Hungary, United States of America, Austria-Hungary
- education:
- profession: Scientist
- spouses:
- Marriage with Cornelia Demény between and (24 years)
- Marriage with Marta Borbiro Miskolczy between and (22 years)
- Marriage with June Susan Wichterman between and (3 years)
- Marriage with Marcia Houston between and (11 years)
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- died on (29 years ago) in Woods Hole
- written works: "Introduction to a submolecular biology", "On oxidation, fermentation, vitamins, health and disease", "Chemistry of muscular contraction", "The crazy ape", "Science, ethics and politics", "Bioenergetics", "What next?!", "Electronic Biology and Cancer: A New Theory of Cancer", "The living state", "Bioelectronics: A study in cellular regulations, defense and cancer", "Lost in the Twentieth Century"
- some of the awards:
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ("for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid")
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (For his distinguished research achievements in the field of cardiovascular diseases, including the discovery of actomyosin, the essential contractible element of muscle. )
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (2007)
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statisticsby Neil J. Salkind
The average speed is calculated as 48 miles per hour using the harmonic mean, as shown below: —Albert Szent-Györgyi In other words, the total amount of time for the round trip is equivalent to the time it would have taken to make the trip ...
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And Reference Book (1999)
by Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions
Med/Phys Corneille Jean François Peace Nansen International Office for Refugees Physics Enrico Fermi 1937 Chemistry Sir Walter Norman Haworth // Paul Karrer Literature Roger Martin du Gard Med/Phys Albert Szent-Györgyi Von Peace ...
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Quotes about Albert Szent-Györgyi
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. (Albert Szent-Gyorgyi)
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