Levinthal's Paradox
A protein has more possible shapes than the universe has atoms, yet it finds the right one in less than a thousandth of a second.
1968–196917 min read
Theoretical biophysics
José Onuchic
1958
Brazilian-American physicist at Rice University who, with Wolynes, Nymeyer and Socci, developed the energy landscape theory of folding and coined the language of the folding funnel that is now standard in the field.