Quote of the day
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Efraim Racker

Born: June 28, 1913
Died: September 9, 1991  (aged 78)
Bio: Efraim Racker was an Austrian biochemist who was responsible for identifying and purifying Factor 1, the first part of the ATP synthase enzyme to be characterised. F1 is only a part of a larger ATP synthase complex known as Complex V.
Known for:
- Mechanisms in bioenergetics (1965)
 - Science and the cure of diseases (1979)
 - Membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts (1970)
 






