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George Wald
American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate (1906–1997)
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George Wald was an American biologist and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking discoveries about how the human eye processes light and vision. His work fundamentally advanced our understanding of the biological mechanisms behind sight, one of our most important senses.
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- The origin of death
- Therefore Choose Life
- Homo Mysticus
- Twenty-six afternoons of biology
- Twenty-six afternoons of biology [By] George Wald [and others]
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George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”