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Harold Morowitz

Who

Harold Morowitz · Science & Medicine

What

Biophysicist known for work on the thermodynamics of life and origin of life

When

1927, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States — 2016, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Harold Morowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biophysicist known for work on the thermodynamics of life and origin of life

How & why

Harold Morowitz was an American biophysicist known for applying thermodynamics to living systems and for influential work on the origin of life and the energetics of the smallest possible organisms. A longtime Yale professor and later at George Mason University, he wrote widely read essays on science. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Biophysicist known for work on the thermodynamics of life and origin of life

1927

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science