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James Alan Bassham (November 26, 1922 – November 19, 2012) was an American scientist known for his work on photosynthesis.. He received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1945 from the University of California, Berkeley, earning his Ph.D. degree from Berkeley in 1949.
By studying purple sulphur bacteria and green sulphur bacteria he was the first scientist to demonstrate, in 1931, that photosynthesis is a light-dependent redox reaction [2] in which hydrogen from an oxidizable compound reduces carbon dioxide to cellular materials. Expressed as: 2 H 2 A + CO 2 → 2A + CH 2 O + H 2 O. where A is the electron ...
The scientist Charles Barnes first used the word 'photosynthesis' in 1893. This word is taken from two Greek words, photos, which means light, and synthesis, which in chemistry means making a substance by combining simpler substances. So, in the presence of light, synthesis of food is called 'photosynthesis'.
Envisioned to fulfill the requirements of scientists and engineers in the Indian Space Program, by offering undergraduate and postgraduate education and research programmes in space science and technology, the institute started functioning from the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) campus, Thiruvananthapuram, on 14 September 2007 with an initial investment of ₹ 270 crore (equivalent to ...
A germination rate experiment. Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. [1]Plant physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tropisms, nastic movements, photoperiodism, photomorphogenesis, circadian rhythms, environmental stress physiology, seed ...
Suryanarayanan Srinivasan (14 April 1941 – 1 September 1999) was an Indian aeronautical engineer and the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), known for his pioneering work in rocket science. [1] [2] He also served as the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre and assisted A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the SLV3 Mission as its deputy ...
Jan Ingenhousz FRS (8 December 1730 – 7 September 1799) was a Dutch-British [1] physiologist, biologist and chemist.. He is best known for discovering photosynthesis by showing that light is essential to the process by which green plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
[1] [2] [3] [9] In June 2014, he was made the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). [1] [2] [3] He was also the head of the launch authorisation board of Chandrayaan-1 project. [8] In May 2016, the Government of Kerala appointed MC Dathan as the scientific advisor to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. [6] [7]