About Max Kleiber
Lived 1893 – 1976 (aged 83). Max Kleiber was a Swiss biologist and university teacher.
Max Kleiber (4 January 1893–5 January 1976) was a Swiss agricultural biologist, born and educated in Zürich, Switzerland. More recently, Kleiber's law has also been shown to apply in plants, suggesting that Kleiber's observation is much more general.
Books 1961: The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics
Awards 1954 Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences (US & Canada), in Molecular and Cellular Biology
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Who was Max Kleiber?
Swiss biologist (1893-1976)
When was Max Kleiber born?
Max Kleiber was born on 4 January 1893 in Zurich.
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Max Kleiber died on 5 January 1976 in Davis.
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Max Kleiber was a biologist and university teacher.
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Max Kleiber was Swiss.
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