Abstract
TWENTY years ago Prof. Baly first became interested in the debate whether formaldehyde could be photosynthesized artificially in a solution of carbon dioxide. Since then he has been continuously engaged in restating, retesting and reconsidering the problem. Now, in his retirement, he fights his battles over again within the covers of this book, recording successes which advance far beyond the first objective. Not only has formaldehyde been produced, but also glucose; a starch; the bases imidazole, pyridine and piperidine; coniine and two other alkaloids; a-amino-acids, including histidine; and a protein the molecular weight of which is given as 221.4. Very few of these substances have ever been photosynthesized in any laboratory other than that of Prof. Baly.
Photosynthesis
By Prof. E. C. C. Baly. Pp. vii + 248. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1940.) 15s. net.
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JAMES, W. Photosynthesis. Nature 147, 97–98 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147097b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147097b0
