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3 unusual facts about Hans Lineweaver


Hans Lineweaver

Hans Lineweaver (December 25, 1907 – June 10, 2009) was an American physical chemist, who developed the Lineweaver–Burk plot.

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Hans Lineweaver was born in Pickens, West Virginia on Christmas Day, 1907, joining his sister Ruth as the children of Rev. Dr. Jesse Luther and Lucille Lineweaver.

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The paper containing the equation, also known as the Double Reciprocal Plot, was co-authored by Dr. Dean Burk, and was entitled "The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants (1934)".



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