1884–1971 Swedish physical chemist who invented the ultracentrifuge and devised its application to the study of proteins.
Keywords: ultracentrifuge; protein; colloid; macromolecule
Svedberg, Theodor
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: May 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002925
| Further Reading | |
| Svedberg T and Fåhraeus R (1926) A new method for the determination of the molecular weight of the proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society 48: 430–438. | |
| book Svedberg T and Pedersen KO (1940) The Ultracentrifuge. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| Claesson S and Pedersen KO (1972) The Svedberg 1884–1971. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 18: 595–627. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
| Kerker M (1976) The Svedberg and molecular reality. Isis 67: 190–216. | |
| Kerker M (1986) The Svedberg and molecular reality, an autobiographical postscript. Isis 77: 278–282. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York and London: Gale Research. | |
| Sredniawa B (1992) The collaboration of Marian Smoluchowski and Theodor Svedberg on Brownian motion and density fluctuations. Centaurus 35: 325–355. | |
| book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company. | |
