Hill, Archibald Vivian
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Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), a British physiologist and biophysicist who received the 1922 Nobel Prize, along with Otto Meyerhof, in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning the production of heat in muscles. His research helped establish the origin of muscular force in the breakdown of carbohydrates with formation of lactic acid in the muscle. Working with a thigh muscle of a frog, he showed that oxygen is needed only for the recovery, not the contractile, phase of muscular activity, laying the foundation for the discovery of the series of biochemical reactions carried out in muscle cells that results in contraction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1941.
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Archibald V. Hill - Biography (Nobel Foundation)
Archibald V. Hill - Nobel Lecture (Nobel Foundation)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Hill, Archibald Vivian". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 7, 2006; Last revised Date September 7, 2006; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Hill,_Archibald_Vivian>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), a British physiologist and biophysicist who received the 1922 Nobel Prize, along with Otto Meyerhof, in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning the production of heat in muscles. His research helped establish the origin of muscular force in the breakdown of carbohydrates with formation of lactic acid in the muscle. Working with a thigh muscle of a frog, he showed that oxygen is needed only for the recovery, not the contractile, phase of muscular activity, laying the foundation for the discovery of the series of biochemical reactions carried out in muscle cells that results in contraction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1941.
Further Reading
Archibald V. Hill - Biography (Nobel Foundation)
Archibald V. Hill - Nobel Lecture (Nobel Foundation)
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