Ian Glynn

Ian Michael Glynn FRS FRCP (born 3 June 1928) is a British biologist[1] and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge,[2] 1986–95, now Professor Emeritus. He has been a Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge since 1955 (Vice-Master, 1980–86).

Education: City of London School; Trinity College, Cambridge; University College, London Hospital.

His work on the 'sodium pump'[3] led to his election to the Royal Society[4] and to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He is the author of An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind (2003) and Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity (2010).

References

  1. ^ Hameroff, Stuart R.; Kaszniak, Alfred W.; Chalmers, David John (1999). Toward a science of consciousness III: the third Tucson discussions and debates. MIT Press. pp. 345–. ISBN 9780262581813. http://books.google.com/books?id=512I3JZzxEMC&pg=PA345. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Animal Rights Activists Firebomb Stores". The Mount Airy News: p. 1. December 21, 1988. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KINjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mnkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1863,9881821&dq=ian+glynn&hl=en. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Stein, Wilfred D. (1990). Channels, carriers, and pumps: an introduction to membrane transport. Academic Press. p. 223. ISBN 9780126650457. http://books.google.com/books?id=tWXwAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  4. ^ Britain), Royal Society (Great (2009). Year-book of the Royal Society of London. Harrison and Sons. p. 232. http://books.google.com/books?id=teE8AQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 26 September 2011.