Discovering Life, Manufacturing Life How the experimental method shaped life sciences /

• Main Authors: Vignais, Pierre V. (Author), Vignais, Paulette M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ethics.; Biology > Philosophy.; Biochemistry.; Mathematics.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Philosophy of Biology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3767-1

This book tells the story of how thinkers, over time, have dared to explore using experimental devices and how the experimental method established itself and took a predominant role in the life sciences. While life sciences continue to advance and knowledge becomes more widespread and accessible, ph...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. The roots of experimental science from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance 2. The birth of the experimental method in the 17th and 18th centuries 3. The impact of determinism in the life sciences of the 19th and 20th centuries 4. Challenges for experimentation on living beings at the dawn of the 21st century 5. Epilogue
• Bibliography - Index of personal names - Index of subjects - List of illustrations - Glossary.