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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; History.; Ethics.; Biology > Philosophy.; Biochemistry.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Popular works.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Biology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Popular Science, general.

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:

• The Roots of Experimental Science from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance
• The Birth of the Experimental Method in the 17th and 18th Centuries
• The Impact of Determinism in the Life Sciences of the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Challenges for Experimentation on Living Beings at the Dawn of the 21st Century
• Epilogue.