Title:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Max Delbruck, California Institute of Technology

Creator:

Heidelberger, Michael

Recipient:

The California Institute of Technology. Kerckhoff Laboratories of Biology and Delbru?ck, Max

Date:

28 March 1938

Description:

In this letter, Heidelberger commented on a mathematical theory for calculating the rate, or velocity, of antigen-antibody reactions proposed by the biophysicist Max Delbruck. Heidelberger pointed out that such a theory would have to account for the different stages and other complexities of antibody-antigen reactions.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 14

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Antigen-Antibody Reactions

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Max Delbruck, California Institute of Technology to Michael Heidelberger, 1938

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBGD

NLM ID:

101584940X86

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X86

Story Section:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954