Nobel Scientists | Interviews with Nobel Prize winning scientists
Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Huxley
Discovering how nerves transmit messages around the body.
CHANNEL | Other
RECORDED | circa 1985
DURATION | 51 minutes 05 seconds
RECORDED
1985
Synopsis
Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley were awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which they shared with John Eccles, for their work on nerve action potentials. In this interview with Lewis Wolpert, the scientists explain how they came to collaborate on their particular field of research.
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