Walter Gratzer
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Walter Gratzer | |
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| Born | Walter Bruno Gratzer 20 September 1932 |
| Died | 20 October 2021 (aged 89) |
| Education | University of Oxford (MA, 1958) National Institute for Medical Research (PhD, 1960) |
| Occupation | Biophysical chemist |
Walter Bruno Gratzer (20 September 1932 – 20 October 2021) was a German-born British biophysical chemist and science writer.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Gratzer was born in a Jewish hospital in Breslau (now Wrocław).[3] Gratzer and his parents escaped Nazi persecution by escaping to Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom in 1939.[1] He lived in Belsize Park and then Cheltenham. He won a scholarship to Cheltenham grammar school.[1]
Gratzer received his BA in chemistry in 1954 and his MA in 1958 from the University of Oxford, and his PhD in 1960 from the National Institute for Medical Research. He was a research fellow at Harvard University from 1960 to 1963, a lecturer in biophysics at King's from 1963 to 1966, and worked at the Medical Research Council from 1966 to 1996.[4]
He was professor of biophysical chemistry at King's College London[5] and an author and reviewer of popular science. He was the first Nature news correspondent appointed by editor John Maddox.[6] Oliver Sacks of Nature writes that his reviews have high literary quality and show knowledge of a wide range of topics.[7] Gratzer was a friend of James D. Watson, and wrote the introduction and afterword of his A Passion for DNA.[8] He died in London on 20 October 2021.[1]
Publications
[edit | edit source]Books
[edit | edit source]- The Longman Literary Companion to Science (1989) (editor)[9][10]
- A Bedside Nature: Genius and Eccentricity in Science 1869–1953 (1996)[11][12]
- The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty (2000) (Google Books)[13][14][15][16]
- Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes (2002) [2004] (Google Books)[7][17][18][19]
- Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutrition (2005) [2007] (Google Books)[20][21][22][23][24]
- Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes (2009) (Google Books)[25][26][27]
Reviews
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Articles
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- Gratzer, Walter. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (131 KB), ASBMB Today, December 2009, pp. 15–17, accessed 7 November 2010. by WebCite on 7 November 2010. See HTML version here. on 7 November 2010.
Academic papers
[edit | edit source]- Pinder, JC et al. "Actomyosin motor in the merozoite of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum: implications for red cell invasion", Journal of Cell Science 111 (13): 1831–1839, 1998, accessed 10 November 2010.
References
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- ^ Herbert, Roy. "To encourage insomnia", New Scientist 1690, 11 November 1989, p. 62, accessed 7 November 2010. See the copy at the New Scientist website. (subscription required)
- ^ "Squashing bishops and fighting newts", The Economist, issue 7634, p. 121, 23 December 1989.
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- ^ Tunstad, Erik. "Vitenskap på ville veier" (in Norwegian) (Google Translate), Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, 19 December 2000, updated, 10 June 2002, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Eurekas and Euphorias", concatenation.org, accessed 7 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 7 November 2010.
- ^ Matthews, Robert. "Telling tales", New Scientist, issue 2360, 14 September 2002, accessed 10 November 2010. (subscription required)
- ^ Ince, Martin. "Wars, women and discovery", Times Higher Education, 11 October 2002, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
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- ^ Hirst, Christopher. "Terrors of the Table, by Walter Gratzer", The Independent, 9 February 2007, accessed 7 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 7 November 2010.
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- ^ Youngman, Angela. "Book Review: Terrors of the Table by Walter Gratzer", Monsters and Critics, 20 February 2007, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
- ^ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael. "Something We Ate?", The New York Times, 4 December 2005, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Ince, Martin. "No moos is good news", Times Higher Education, 1 March 1996, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
- Mercer, Nick. "Serious Talk: Science and religion in dialogue", Third Way 19 (4): 27, May 1996.
- Barrow, John D. (1999) [2000]. Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, pp. 11–13. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Perspective: Walter Gratzer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 10 December 2002, accessed 10 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 10 November 2010.
- Semenza, G.; Turner, A. J. (eds.) (2003). A History of Biochemistry: Selected Topics in the History of Biochemistry (volume 42), Elsevier. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Skern, Tim (2009). Writing Scientific English: A Workbook, UTB (publisher), p. 174. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- "Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes", Oxford University Press, accessed 7 November 2010. Archived by WebCite on 7 November 2010.
External links
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