Outsider scientists routes to innovation in biology
Introduction : outsiders as innovators in the life sciences Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich -- The many sides of Gregor Mendel Sander Gliboff -- Louis Pasteur : the chemist in the clinic Jonathan Simon -- Félix d'Herelle : uncompromising autodidact William C. Summers -- The paradox of Samue...
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Chicago, Ill. u.a.
Univ. of Chicago Press
2013
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : outsiders as innovators in the life sciences Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich -- The many sides of Gregor Mendel Sander Gliboff -- Louis Pasteur : the chemist in the clinic Jonathan Simon -- Félix d'Herelle : uncompromising autodidact William C. Summers -- The paradox of Samuel Butler : insider or outsider? Michael Ruse -- Erwin Schrödinger's excursus on genetics Sahotra Sarkar -- Linus Pauling : leading exporter of chemical insights into biology Gregory J. Morgan -- From bomb to bank : Walter Goad and the introduction of computers into biology Hallam Stevens -- R.A. Fisher and the foundations of statistical biology Michael R. Dietrich and Robert A. Skipper, Jr. -- Nicolas Rashevsky's pencil-and-paper biology Maya M. Shmailov -- Searching for patterns, hunting for causes : Robert MacArthur, the mathematical naturalist Jay Odenbaugh -- Noam Chomsky and the biology of language W. Tecumseh Fitch -- Dunking the Tarzanists : Elaine Morgan and the aquatic ape theory Erika Lorraine Milam -- David Hull's philosophical contribution to biology T.J. Horder -- Ilya Metchnikoff : from evolutionist to immunologist, and back again Alfred I. Tauber -- François Jacob : tinkering with organisms and models Michel Morange -- Theoreticians as professional outsiders : the modeling strategies of John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener Ehud Lamm -- On the importance of the parvenu : the amazing case of George Price in evolutionary biology Oren Harman -- Outsiders and in-laws : Drew Endy and the case of synthetic biology Luis Campos -- Epilogue : the problem with boxes Richard C. Lewontin |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 374 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780226078373 978-0-226-07837-3 9780226078403 978-0-226-07840-3 9780226078540 978-0-226-07854-0 |