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Moving Questions

A History of Membrane Transport and Bioenergetics

Authors:

  1. Joseph D. Robinson

    1. Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA

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  • Describes half a century of progress in two mainstream areas of biological research: membrane transport and oxidative phosphorylation
  • Written by leading researcher in the field
  • Provides a comprehensive history of membrane transport and bioenergetics

Part of the book series: People and Ideas (PEOPL)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 3-12

  3. Views in the 1930s

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    Pages 13-25

  6. Ion Gradients and Movements in Excitable Tissues

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    Pages 68-88

  7. Epithelial Transport by Frog Skin

    • Joseph D. Robinson
    Pages 89-97

  8. Contemporary Events: 1939–1952

    • Joseph D. Robinson
    Pages 98-102

  9. Characterizing the Na+/K+ Pump

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    Pages 103-125

  10. Identifying the Na+/K+-ATPase

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    Pages 126-146

  11. Contemporary Events: 1953–1965

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    Pages 147-155

  12. Characterizing the Na+/K+-ATPase

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    Pages 156-182

  13. Structure and Relatives of the Na+/K+-ATPase

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    Pages 183-204

  14. Alternatives

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    Pages 205-219

  16. Contemporary Events: 1966–1985

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    Pages 238-246

  20. Conclusions

    • Joseph D. Robinson
    Pages 300-311
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About this book

This book describes a half century of research on cellular membrane transport and on metabolic energy capture and utilization. During this time-which begins in the late 1930s-the effort and imagination of various scientists overthrew reigning formulations, created novel explanatory models, and unified previously distinct experimental fields. My primary goal is to display the course of that research, showing how new experiments defined novel entities and processes, and how an encompassing field, bioenergetics, then emerged. A secondary goal is to present examples of mainstream biological research that illustrate how experimental results-seen as refutations, confirmations, and elabora­ tions-can sway opinion toward a solid consensus. This interpretation differs from the currently fashionable view of some commentators that stresses instead the central roles of power, prestige, gender, class, and ethnicity. In any case, the scien­ tific practices exhibited here deserve proper philosophical scrutiny. Although con­ straints of space have squeezed any analysis from this draft, brief mention of salient issues does appear in relevant chapters and in the final conclusions. (Oddly, histori­ ans and philosophers seem reluctant to deal with this science. Those who do consider biological topics tend to focus on the theory of evolution, even though the bulk of biological research in this century, in terms of papers published and technology influenced, has dealt not with evolution per se but with what may be termed physiology and biochemistry. And these endeavors, which are the aims, efforts, and accomplishments of the vast majority of biologists, have been largely ignored.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA

    Joseph D. Robinson

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Moving Questions

  • Book Subtitle: A History of Membrane Transport and Bioenergetics

  • Authors: Joseph D. Robinson

  • Series Title: People and Ideas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7600-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7600-9Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 373

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Oxford University Press 1997

  • Topics: Cell Physiology

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