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...study the growth of such a cell is difficult; it involves too many factors. So forward-looking biologists are trying to reduce cell growth to simplest terms. One of these simplifiers is British-born Professor Kenneth Vivian Thimann of Harvard. Last week, in an air-conditioned room (hot and humid), he was sprouting oat kernels in total darkness, observing them in dim red light...
...Thimann, who is one of the country's leading authorities on plant growth, is currently working with hybrid rubber trees in an effort to determine the best manner by which they can be propagated in sufficient numbers for commercial...
...laboratory, Thimann has announced, will also conduct extensive experiments to determine the effects of hormones on plant growth. These studies are being financed through funds provided by the American Cancer Foundation in an effort to collect all possible information concerning growth in both plants and animals...
...Thimann came to Harvard as a lecturer in botany and in 1936 was appointed as assistant professor of Plant Physiology. In 1939, he was advanced to associate professor, a title which he still holds. During the war Thimann served as a Navy specialist in London and Pearl Harbor and was engaged in making scientific analyses of anti-submaine and naval aerial warfare...
...Thimann was awarded the Stephen Hales Prize of the American Association of Plant Physiologists in 1936 and in 1942 served as Chairman of the Nov England section of that organization...