A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by x-ray analysis.

Initial paper on the first solution of the three-dimensional molecular structure of a protein. Computing the molecular structure in 3 dimensions was possible through the use of the Cambridge EDSAC stored-program electronic computer. Co-authored by G. Bodo, R. G. Parrish, H. Wyckoff, and D. C. Phillips. For further information see the entry at HistoryofInformation.com at this link.

In 1962 Kendrew shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz "for their studies of the structures of globular proteins."

See also No. 6912.