Title: Osmotic investigations
First published: 1985
Description: , of the classic monograph on the discovery of the ubiquitous phenomenon of osmosis — the movement of water across living cell membranes in the presence of a solute concentration gradient across the membrane. Pfeffer was the first scientist to measure quantitatively the magnitude of this osmotic pressure. Subsequently, based on Pfeffer's work, van't Hoff presented his famous equation for osmotic pressure that led to his eventual Nobel prize in Chemistry. It is a seminal work in biology and physiology.
Subjects: Osmosis, cell membrane, measurements, osmotic pressure, Membranes (biology), Cell membranes, Cytology, Cell Physiological Phenomena
People: Wilhelm Pfeffer
Time periods: late 19th century
LC classification: QH615 .P4413 1985