Alexander Oparin
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1894 – 1980
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Who was Alexander Oparin?
Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was a Soviet biochemist notable for his untested theories about the origin of life, and for his book The Origin of Life. He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells. He showed that many food-production processes were based on biocatalysis and developed the foundations for industrial biochemistry in the USSR.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1894
Uglich - Also known as
- A. Oparin
- Alexander Ivanovich Oparin
- A. I. Oparin
- Nationality
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Died
- Apr 21, 1980
Moscow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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