“Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than in more differentiated forms of life, and they can in addition afford to occupy more precarious positions in natural economy than larger organisms with more exacting requirements.” MayFormScienceGrowthNaturalEconomyPositionSizeExperimentsAriseOrganismsRequirementsRapidsVariationOwingPrecariousBacteriaRapid Growth Author:Marjory Stephenson
“In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in formulating the subject. Among others whose several achievements in their own fields may have surpassed his, no one has ever attempted to unify and correlate biochemical knowledge so as to form a comprehensible picture of the cell and its relation to life, reproduction and function.” TryingMaySaidFormScienceSubjectsFieldsAchievementUniqueFunctionRelationCellsContributionBiographiesEvaluateReproductionHopkinsBiochemistry Author:Marjory Stephenson
