"Britton Chance, 97, Olympian and Biophysics Researcher"
A biophysicist
who did pioneering research
was also a world-class yachtsman
measurement of chemical reactions within cells
the stuff of textbooks
He invented a tool,
known as a stopped-flow apparatus,
it led to
the enzyme-substrate complex.
Dr. Chance named his sailing yachts
Complex I
and
Complex II
His later work
aided in the development
of muscle dynamics
to assess cognitive brain function
in the 5.5 meter yacht class
Britton Chance was born near Philadelphia
and patented an anti-steering mechanism for ships
that detected when they were veering off course
five step children
20 grandchildren
eight step-children
died on Nov. 16 in Philadephia
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