Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life From the Thermodynamics of Life to Ecological Microbiology, 1850-1950 /
This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii’s career and scientific research trajectory as a point of entry, this book illustrates the manner in which microbiologists, chemi...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Σειρά: | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Bibliography Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. Plant Physiology
- Chapter 1. A Synthesis of Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics in Plant Physiology: The Investigation of a Moody Apprentice
- Part II Experiment and Natural History
- Chapter 2: The Exchange of Matter and the Transformation of Energy
- Chapter 3. The Laboratory is Nature: Investigating the Cycle of Life under the Microscope
- Chapter 4. Free Nature in the Laboratory
- Part III. Ecology
- Chapter 5. Vinogradskii’s Transformation from Plant Physiologist to Ecologist, 1890-1920
- Chapter 6 - Soil Science and Russian Ecology
- Part IV. French Agriculture
- Chapter 7. The Master of Brie-Compte-Robert and his ‘Direct Method:’ Translating the Cycle of Life into Ecology
- Chapter 8. Ecological Microbiology
- Part V. The Impact of Vinogradskii’s Work
- Chapter 9. Science is Ecological and Ecology is Scientific: The Uptake of Vinogradskii’s Direct Methods
- Chapter 10. Vinogradskii’s Reception in Russian and Soviet Microbiology Chapter 11. Conclusions.- Bibliography.
