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New looks and outlooks on physical enzymology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Manfred Eigen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für physikalische Chemie, Göttingen

Extract

Our scientific age is characterized by the extension of our dimensions to the extreme. Radiotelescopes are searching for echoes from the depth of the universe, while electronmicroscopes and X-ray diffractometers make the atomic and molecular structure of matter visible.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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