Open Notebook Science Deuterium in life example (up)
par Steve Koch

1. Back to ITUC
2. Gilbert Lewis JACS 1933
3. Lewis' fascinating quotation, 1934 Science
3.1. Paraphrasing from Science: "It is not inconceivable that life has adapted a use for deuterium...I am currently preparing water deprived of deuterium to explore this hypothesis"
3.2. I cannot find his results. Is notebook lost? Effectively, yes
3.2.1. No citations of his idea in subsequent years
3.2.2. Given that it's Gilbert Lewis, it's a good bet that great value was lost