Описание: Examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of The Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new professional scientific elite.
Автор: Sachs, M. Название: Physics of the Universe ISBN: 1848166044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848166042 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents a fresh approach to the subject of cosmology. This title fully exploits Einstein`s theory of general relativity. It includes a final chapter that delves into philosophical considerations such as the different types of `truth`, positivism versus realism and a discussion of the role of the Mach principle in physics and cosmology.
Описание: Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009, held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in June 2009. This title presents 108 revised papers.
Автор: Quigley Muireann Название: Stem Cells: New Frontiers in Science & Ethics ISBN: 9814374245 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814374248 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 15048.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Deals with various aspects of the stem cell debate, from the ethical challenges of conducting stem cell research to those of the clinical application of stem cell technology. This title brings fresh perspectives on the permissibility of using embryos in stem cell research.
Автор: Victor J Morris, Andrew R Kirby, A Patrick Gunning Название: Atomic Force Microscopy For Biologists (2nd Edition) ISBN: 184816467X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848164673 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 10138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is part of a range of microscopic methods for biologists which offer the magnification range of both the light and electron microscope, but allow imaging under the `natural` conditions usually associated with the light microscope. This book provides an appreciation of the advantages and limitations of the technique.
An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences.
In Discovering Complexity, William Bechtel and Robert Richardson examine two heuristics that guided the development of mechanistic models in the life sciences: decomposition and localization. Drawing on historical cases from disciplines including cell biology, cognitive neuroscience, and genetics, they identify a number of "choice points" that life scientists confront in developing mechanistic explanations and show how different choices result in divergent explanatory models. Describing decomposition as the attempt to differentiate functional and structural components of a system and localization as the assignment of responsibility for specific functions to specific structures, Bechtel and Richardson examine the usefulness of these heuristics as well as their fallibility -- the sometimes false assumption underlying them that nature is significantly decomposable and hierarchically organized.
When Discovering Complexity was originally published in 1993, few philosophers of science perceived the centrality of seeking mechanisms to explain phenomena in biology, relying instead on the model of nomological explanation advanced by the logical positivists (a model Bechtel and Richardson found to be utterly inapplicable to the examples from the life sciences in their study). Since then, mechanism and mechanistic explanation have become widely discussed. In a substantive new introduction to this MIT Press edition of their book, Bechtel and Richardson examine both philosophical and scientific developments in research on mechanistic models since 1993.
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