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Otto Warburg (1883–1970) was considered the preeminent biochemist of his era, having been awarded the Nobel Prize in 1931. Apple (creative writing, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Schlepping Through the Alps), skillfully blends science writing with biography to present the story of this quirky, arrogant, and brilliant scientist, who revolutionized research on cancer and photosynthesis (how organisms use energy to make glucose). His theory, the Warburg Effect, demonstrates that cancer cells ravenously devour ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More