Background
Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd was born on February 5, 1914. Son of G. L. and M. F. (Wilson) Hodgkin.
(As a student in Cambridge, Alan Hodgkin first became inte...)
As a student in Cambridge, Alan Hodgkin first became interested in the basis of nerve conduction, using single nerve fibers from a shore crab in his experiments. In 1963, he won the Nobel prize for his work on nerve conduction, and in 1970 became President of the Royal Society. Chance and Design is a fascinating chronicle of Hodgkin's life, providing a glimpse into the world of Cambridge undergraduates in the thirties, the motivation behind his research into nerve conduction, his work on centimeter radar during World War II, and his life as a Cambridge academic after the war. The book concludes with an account of the Nobel prize ceremony in 1963. This highly readable autobiography gives an insight into the working patterns and private life of an eminent scientist, and will appeal not only to scientists, but also to those interested in gaining an understanding of what inspires scientific research.
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Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd was born on February 5, 1914. Son of G. L. and M. F. (Wilson) Hodgkin.
Student, Trinity College. Fellow, Cambridge University, 1936. Master of Arts, Doctor of Science(honorary), Cambridge University.
Doctor of Medicine(honorary), university of Berne, Louvain. Doctor of Science(honorary), university of Sheffield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East Anglia, Manchester, Leicester, London, Newfoundland, Wales, Rockefeller University, Bristol, Oxford. Doctor of Laws(honorary), University Aberdeen, Cambridge.
Science officer radar Air Ministry, also Ministry Aircraft Production, 1939—1945. Lecturer, then assistant director research Cambridge University, 1945—1952. Foulerton research professor Royal Society, 1952—1969.
John Humphrey Plummer professor biophysics University Cambridge, 1970—1981. Master Trinity College, Cambridge, 1978—1998. Member Medical Research Council, 1959—1963.
Chancellor University Leicester, 1971—1984.
(As a student in Cambridge, Alan Hodgkin first became inte...)
Fellow: Imperial College of Science, Royal Society (president 1970-1975, Royal medal 1958, Copley medal 1965), Indian National Science Academy (honorary), Girton College Cambridge (honorary). Member: National Academy of Sciences, Marine Biological Association United Kingdom 1966-1976, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences (foreign member), American Philosophical Society (foreign member), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (foreign member), Royal Irish Academy (honorary), Leopoldina Academy, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences (foreign member), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary), Physiological Society.
Married Marion de Kay Rous, 1944. 4 children.