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Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study

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Description for Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
In recent decades, there has been a major shift in the way researchers process and understand scientific data. Digital access to data has revolutionized ways of doing science in the biological and biomedical fields, leading to a data-intensive paradigm for research that uses innovative methods to produce, store, distribute, and interpret huge amounts of data. In Data-Centric Biology, Sabina Leonelli probes the implications of these advancements and confronts the questions they pose. Are we witnessing the rise of an entirely new scientific epistemology? If so, how does that alter the way we study and understand life including ourselves? Leonelli ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226416472
SKU
V9780226416472
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About Sabina Leonelli
Sabina Leonelli is associate professor of philosophy and history of science at the University of Exeter.

Reviews for Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study
This is one of the most important books published in science studies over the last few years, and generalist readers should not be put off by its seemingly narrow topic, namely the actualization and validation of the vast mass of biological data encoded in digital formats, so that it may be 'shared' amongst relevant scientists. One should take the subtitle ... Read more

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