About method : experimenters, snake venom, and the history of writing scientifically / Jutta Schickore.
By: Schickore, Jutta [author.].
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Description: 316 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226449982 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Science -- Methodology | Science -- ExperimentsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "a matter so obscure, so difficult, and likewise so new . . ." -- Argument, narrative, and methods discourse -- Many, many experiments -- Trying again -- Newtonian poison: a mechanical account of viper venom -- Experiment as the only guide -- Thousands of experiments -- Practical criticisms -- Controlling experiment -- Unobservables -- Fragmentation and modularity: notes on crotoxin -- Conclusion: about methods.