Max Perutz and the Secret of Life

摘要

Anyone who has ever climbed a challenging mountain or hill, or has ever contemplated trying to do so, will appreciate that such an adventure requires foresight, planning, motivation, innovation, and a good deal of perseverance.Max Perutz(1914-2002), the pioneer of protein crystallography and molecular biology, climbed many mountains in his lifetime, both figuratively and literally.Investing more than two decades in an effort to achieve the first-ever glimpse of a protein structure, he surmounted many experimental and personal difficulties throughout this and many other endeavors.