Tibor Gánti
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Born | József Attila University Eötvös Loránd University | 10 September 1933
Tibor Gánti (10 September 1933 – 15 April 2009) was a Hungarian
Early life and education
Tibor Gánti worked as laboratory assistant at the Bacteriological Laboratory, Factory of Canned Food at
Academic career
Gánti joined Eötvös Loránd University as a guest lecturer of industrial biochemistry in 1968 and taught there until 1972. In 1974, he became a guest lecturer in theoretical biology at the University of Gödöllő. Between 1975 and 1979 he taught theoretical biology at József Attila University, Szeged. He became guest professor of the theoretical biology at Eötvös University in 1978 up to 1999.[3]
Chemoton
Gánti formulated a theory about the fundamental nature of living organisms, presented as a model called the
His theory may be the most significant contribution to theoretical biology for understanding the chemical basis and
Political career
Gánti founded the
Awards
- 1982 Herman Otto prize
- 1986 MTESz prize
- 1989 Pro Natura medal
Works
- Forradalom az élet kutatásában (1966), Gondolat, Budapest
- Az élet princípiuma (1971), Gondolat, Budapest
- A chemoton–elmélet alapjai (1974), Fizikai Szemle.
- A Theory of Biochemical Supersystems and Its Application to Problems of Natural and Artificial Biogenesis (1979), Akadémiai, Budapest–University Park Press, Baltimore, ISBN 978-0839114116
- Chemotonelmélet I. A fluid automaták elméleti alapjai (1984), OMIKK, Budapest
- The Principle of Life (1987), OMIKK, Budapest
- Chemotonelmélet II. Az élő rendszerek elmélete (1989), OMIKK, Budapest
- The Principles of Life (2003), Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198507260
- Chemoton Theory. Vol. I. Theory of Fluid Machineries (2003), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York
- Chemoton Theory. Vol. II. Theory of Living Systems (2003), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, ISBN 9780306477850
References
- ^ a b Marshall, Michael (14 December 2020). "He may have found the key to the origins of life. So why have so few heard of him?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Szathmáry Eörs (9 July 2009). "GÁNTI TIBOR 1933–2009". Magyar Tudomány. A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Chemoton. "CURRICULUM VITAE: Tibor Gánti". chemoton.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- PMID 19199383.
- PMID 17624859.
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7