Format:
Online-Ressource (XV, 264 p)
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digital
Edition:
Reproduktion Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
ISBN:
9789401597371
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 222
Content:
This book provides novel insights into the practices of representing invisible objects in nineteenth-century and twentieth-century laboratory sciences. It tackles questions such as: How did scientific practitioners make sense of mathematical representations of theoretical entities, and did their understanding depend on transformations of mathematical sign systems into diagrams, graphs or other iconic modes of representation? Are modes of representation conceptually essential or merely decorative features of scientific discourse? Why did experimental scientists implement theoretically loaded sign systems, such as chemical formulas, in their practical activities, and what were the functions of such sign systems in experimental practice? The essays contained in this volume carefully follow the way scientists constructed, juxtaposed and transformed representations of invisible objects of inquiry, and explore the pragmatic use of representations as tools in scientific and industrial practices. Historians and philosophers of science, but also experimental scientists interested in the epistemological, semiotic and historical issues of their discipline, will find theoretical propositions about representations as well as a multifaceted portrayal of scientists' constructions and applications of representations - be they the structural formula of a dye, the three-dimensional model of a protein, a table conveying relationships between chemical elements, a diagram depicting the functional relationships of the genetic apparatus, or a lengthy text dealing with the molecular level of objects
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048158591
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789048158591
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781402001000
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789401597388
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-015-9737-1
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Author information:
Klein, Ursula 1952-
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