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History of Macromolecular Visualization
From Proteopedia
- History of Visualization of Biological Macromolecules: History.MolviZ.Org[1] Authored 1997-2004 by Eric Martz.
- On-Line Museum of the History of Visualization of Biological Macromolecules: Authored 2002 by Eric Francoeur.
- Streaming video is available for Eric Francoeur's 40 min talk in 2011 Handling Macromolecular Structures, an illustrated review of the history of physical macromolecular models and computer representations, and the interplay of science and art.
- A History of Molecular Representation. Part One: 1800 to the 1960s. James A. Perkins. The Journal of Biocommunication 31(1), 2005. This article includes examples of the work of early macromolecular artists Irving Geis and Roger Hayward.
- A History of Molecular Representation. Part 2: The 1960s - Present. James A. Perkins. The Journal of Biocommunication 31(2), 2005.
See Also
- Molecular modeling and visualization software
- PyMOL
- Protein Explorer
- Jmol
- FirstGlance in Jmol
- Molecular sculpture
- Byron's Bender
Notes & References
- ↑ History.MolviZ.Org should redirect to www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/history.htm.
