Science Without Laws: Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives
(Part of the Science and Cultural Theory Series)
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Physicists regularly invoke universal laws, such as those of motion and electromagnetism, to explain events. Biological and medical scientists have no such laws. How then do they acquire a reliable body of knowledge about biological organisms and human disease? One way is by repeatedly returning to, manipulating, observing, interpreting, and reinterpreting certain subjects--such as flies, mice, worms, or microbes--or, as they are known in biology,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822340682
ISBN13:9780822340683
Release Date:September 2007
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.2" x 9.2"
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