title: Celebrating the millennium: historical highlights of photosynthesis research, part 3.
abstract: This paper introduces the third and final part of the 'millennium celebrations of historical highlights of photosynthesis research.' Part 1 (308 pages) was published in October 2002 as Vol. 73 of the journal Photosynthesis Research, and Part 2 (458 pages) was published in July 2003 as Vol. 76. Here, we recognize particularly the work of three major contributors to our understanding of photosynthesis: Roger Stanier (1916-1982); Germaine Cohen-Bazire (Stanier) (1920-2001); and William Arnold (1904-2001). We also introduce the historical papers contained in this volume; consider the legacy of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896); and identify Nobel prizes of special relevance to understanding the capture, conversion, and storage of light energy in both anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry and Plant Biology, and the Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801-3707, USA.
authors.lastname: Govindjee
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: J Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Beatty