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Karin Nickelsen - Explaining Photosynthesis - 9789401795814 - V9789401795814
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Explaining Photosynthesis

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Description for Explaining Photosynthesis Hardback. Explaining Photosynthesis Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 359 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 701.

Recounting the compelling story of a scientific discovery that took more than a century to complete, this trail-blazing monograph focuses on methodological issues and is the first to delve into this subject. This book charts how the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of photosynthesis were teased out by succeeding generations of scientists, and the author highlights the reconstruction of the heuristics of modelling the mechanism—analyzed at both individual and collective levels.

Photosynthesis makes for an instructive example. The first tentative ideas were developed by organic chemists around 1840, while by 1960 an elaborate proposal at a molecular level, for both light and ... Read more

With dedicated chapters on key figures such as Otto Warburg, who borrowed epistemic fundamentals from other disciplines to facilitate his own work on photosynthesis, and on more general topics relating to the development of the field after Warburg, this new work is both a philosophical reflection on the nature of scientific enquiry and a detailed history of the processes behind one of science’s most important discoveries.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
Series
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401795814
SKU
V9789401795814
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Karin Nickelsen
Kärin Nickelsen is professor of history of science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. Her research interests focus on the field of history and philosophy of the life sciences, with a particular emphasis on methodological issues. She has published on topics ranging from the practices of natural history in the 18th century to the analysis of experimental physiology and biochemistry of ... Read more

Reviews for Explaining Photosynthesis
  “Explaining Photosynthesis is an exceptionally clear book, with prose that is supplemented with very helpful diagrams. … examination of the progressive elucidation of the mechanisms of photosynthesis focuses on particular research communities without neglecting to at the same time consider the importance of individual contributions.” (Stéphane Tirard, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Vol. ... Read more

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