Biophysicist
Max Delbrück
German American biophysicist and Nobel laureate.
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s. He stimulated physical scientists' interest into biology, especially as to basic research to physically explain genes, mysterious at the time. Formed in 1945 and led by Delbrück along with Salvador Luria and Alfred Hershey, the Phage Group made substantial headway unraveling important aspects of genetics. The three shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses". He was the first physicist to predict what is now called Delbrück scattering.
- Born
- 1906-09-04, Berlin, GermanyA Tuesday
- Died
- 1981-03-09, Pasadena, USAA Monday, aged 74
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1906-09-04, Berlin, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 10°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 28°53′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 24°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 26°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 24°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 6°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 11°41′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 4°32′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 12°09′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 23°41′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1981-03-09, Pasadena, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 19°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 5°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 22°31′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 11°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 24°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 7°32′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 7°45′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 0°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 24°46′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 23°51′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Max Delbrück was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.