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
Biophysical chemistry
Ken A. Dill
1947
American biophysical chemist at Stony Brook University, known for lattice models of folding and for the hydrophobic account of what drives a chain to collapse. His 1997 review with Hue Sun Chan, "From Levinthal to pathways to funnels", set out the funnel picture for a general audience.