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Celebrating the millennium — historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3

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Discoveries in Photosynthesis

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 20))

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This paper introduces the third and final part of the ‘millennium celebrations of historical highlights of photosynthesis research.’ Part 1 (308 pages) was published in October 2002 as Vol. 73 of the journal Photosynthesis Research, and Part 2 (458 pages) was published in July 2003 as Vol. 76. Here, we recognize particularly the work of three major contributors to our understanding of photosynthesis: Roger Stanier (1916–1982); Germaine Cohen-Bazire (Stanier) (1920–2001); and William Arnold (1904–2001). We also introduce the historical papers contained in this volume; consider the legacy of Alfred Nobel (1833–1896); and identify Nobel prizes of special relevance to understanding the capture, conversion, and storage of light energy in both anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis.

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  1. Departments of Biochemistry and Plant Biology, and the Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801-3707, USA

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  2. Plant Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

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  3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Room 300, 6174 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

    J. Thomas Beatty

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    J. Thomas Beatty

  3. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Howard Gest

  4. Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

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Govindjee, Allen, J.F., Beatty, J.T. (2005). Celebrating the millennium — historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3. In: Govindjee, Beatty, J.T., Gest, H., Allen, J.F. (eds) Discoveries in Photosynthesis. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3324-9_3

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