Discovering Cell Mechanisms: The Creation of Modern Cell Biology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521812474)

Between 1940 and 1970, pioneers in the new field of cell biology discovered the operative parts of cells and their contributions to cell life. Cell biology was a revolutionary science in its own right, but in this book, it also provides fuel for yet another revolution, one that focuses on the very conception of science itself. Laws have traditionally been regarded as the primary vehicle of explanation, but in the emerging philosophy of science it is mechanisms that do the explanatory work. William Bechtel emphasizes how mechanisms were discovered by cell biologists.

Author: William Bechtel
ISBN-10: 052181247X
ISBN-13: 9780521812474
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2005
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.36w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2006 pg. 136