Guide to the Colin F. McClare papers, 1960s-1970sColin F. McClare C0116Published by George Mason University Libraries Contact Information:Fenwick Library (2FL) George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444 USA Phone: (703) 993-2220 Fax: (703) 993-8911 Email: speccoll@gmu.edu URL: http://scrc.gmu.edu
Biographical InformationColin F. McClare was a biophysics professor who spent much of his academic career trying to devise a new theory to explain biochemical processes. As a student, he attended Felsted School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied chemistry. As a Medical Research Council student in 1958-1961, McClare conducted research on free radicals at Cambridge. As a Beit Fellow in 1961-1963, he researched energy transfer in nucleic acids. McClare was awarded a Ph.D. in 1962, after which he became a lecturer in Biophysics at King's College, London in 1963-1977. McClare's research in bioenergetics and the problems of muscle contraction led him to conclude that classical thermodynamics was inadequate to explain biological processes and that the application of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to biological machines required the introduction of time scales. His ideas were not generally accepted and, although he wrote extensively on the subject, his papers were denied publication until four controversial papers appeared in the Journal of Theoretical Biology and Nature, 1971-1972. The essays generated vigorous debates among scientists all over the world, but ultimately, McClare's unorthodox views failed to gain the approval of established scientific opinion. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThis collection contains revisions of a manuscript on biophysics as well as correspondence with George Mason University biology professor Harold Morowitz. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementOrganized by subject and date. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsCollection is open to research. Use RestrictionsThere are no restrictions. Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialSpecial Collections Research Center also holds the Harold Morowitz papers. Return to the Table of Contents Index Terms
Persons:McClare, Colin William Fraser, 1937-1977.
Morowitz, Harold J.
Subjects:Biophysics.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationColin F. McClare papers, Collection #C0116, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Acquisition InformationUnknown. Processing InformationProcessed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Return to the Table of Contents Contents List
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