James Alan Bassham
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LOCATION: El Cerrito, CA, United States
Senior Scientist, Chemical Biodynamics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1978–86; Research Chemist, 1949–77. Coauthor of Photosynthesis of Carbon Compounds; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis.
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Photosynthesis, the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds. It would…
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