n English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
n English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
n English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
n the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point