| RefNo | DRW/2/2/31 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Scientific correspondence between Douglas Robert Wilkie and George Porter |
| Creator | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist |
| Date | 1966-1987 |
| Description | File of correspondence between Wilkie and George Porter FRS. Wilkie sought Porter’s assistance with a problem in thermodynamics, the application of thermodynamic principles in biology and especially in muscle physiology and help with answering whether radiant energy is to be considered a form of work or of heat.
Includes a copy of a paper titled “Life and the production of entropy” by R. E. Ulanowicz and B. M. Hannon, and a photocopy of handwritten notes on the paper, made at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, dated 4 June 1987. |
| Extent | 1 File; |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1987.0067 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4874 | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist | 1922 - 1998 |
| NA3240 | Porter; George (1920 - 2002); Baron Porter of Luddenham | 1920 - 2002 |