Resumen de Notes on the Early History of the Interaction between Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry

Mercedes Guzmán Casado, Antonio Parody Morreale

• A random walk is made amid some salient historical features, mainly occurring in the first half of the 20th century, which led to the field of physical biochemistry. The approach to the study of biological macromolecules by several physical chemists from both the thermodynamic and the structural point of view is reviewed.