1 option
An epistemology of the concrete : twentieth-century histories of life / Hans-Jorg Rheinberger ; foreword by Tim Lenoir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg.
- Series:
- Experimental futures.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices
- Standardized Title:
- Epistemologie des Konkreten. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Biology.
- Biology--History--20th century.
- Biology--Methodology.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, one of the foremost philosophers of science.
- Contents:
- Ludwik Fleck, Edmund Husserl : on the historicity of scientific knowledge
- Gaston Bachelard : the concept of "phenomenotechnique"
- Georges Canguilhem : epistemological history
- Pisum : Carl Correns's experiments on Xenia, 1896-99
- Eudorina : Max Hartmann's experiments on biological regulation in protozoa, 1914-21
- Ephestia : Alfred Kahn's experimental design for a developmental physiological
- Genetics, 1924-45
- Tobacco mosaic virus : virus research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes for Biochemistry and Biology, 1937-45
- The concept of the gene : molecular biological perspectives
- The liquid scintillation counter : traces of radioactivity
- The concept of information : the writings of Francois Jacob
- Intersections
- Preparations
- The economy of the scribble.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065094
- 9781283065092
- 1283065096
- 9780822391333
- 0822391333
- OCLC:
- 662617002
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.