Molecular biologist (1914-2002) who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. Unsigned handwritten manuscript by Perutz, 12 pages, 8.25 x 11.75. no date. Draft of a piece entitled "Haemoglobin, the Breathing Molecule." In part: "When I was a young chemistry student in Vienna, I wanted to solve a fundamental problem in biochemistry. One day I set out for Cambridge to meet the Great Sage…John Desmond Bernal…who worked at the Cavendish Laboratory…What does haemoglobin do?…Haemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs…It took me 16 years from 1937-1953 to discover a method of interpreting the X-ray diffraction patterns of haemoglobin…I was wildly excited when it finally emerged." Includes a 1981 ALS in German, signed "M. F. Perutz." In fine condition.
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