1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789535303321

Autore

Arabatzis Theodore <1965->

Titolo

Representing electrons [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical approach to theoretical entities / / Theodore Arabatzis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006

ISBN

0-226-02422-9

1-283-13435-7

9786613134356

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Classificazione

NU 1500

Disciplina

539.7/2112

Soggetti

Electrons - History

Science - Philosophy

Realism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Methodological Preliminaries -- Chapter 2. Why Write Biographies of Theoretical Entities? -- Chapter 3. Rethinking "the Discovery of the Electron" -- Chapter 4. The Birth and Infancy of the Representation of the Electron -- Chapter 5. The Genesis of the Quantum Electron -- Chapter 6. Between Relativity and Correspondence -- Chapter 7. "How the Electrons Spend Their leisure Time": The Chemists' Perspective -- Chapter 8. Forced to Spin by Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit -- Chapter 9. Identifying the Electron: Meaning Variance and the Historicity of Scientific Realism -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Both a history and a metahistory, Representing Electrons focuses on the development of various theoretical representations of electrons from the late 1890's to 1925 and the methodological problems associated with writing about unobservable scientific entities. Using the electron-or rather its representation-as a historical actor, Theodore Arabatzis illustrates the emergence and gradual consolidation of its representation in physics, its career throughout old quantum theory, and its appropriation and reinterpretation by chemists. As Arabatzis



develops this novel biographical approach, he portrays scientific representations as partly autonomous agents with lives of their own. Furthermore, he argues that the considerable variance in the representation of the electron does not undermine its stable identity or existence. Raising philosophical issues of contentious debate in the history and philosophy of science-namely, scientific realism and meaning change-Arabatzis addresses the history of the electron across disciplines, integrating historical narrative with philosophical analysis in a book that will be a touchstone for historians and philosophers of science and scientists alike.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779096503321

Titolo

Cancer and stem cells [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Dittmar and Kurt S. Zänker, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2008

ISBN

1-61668-044-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DittmarThomas

ZänkerKurt S

Disciplina

616.99/4071

Soggetti

Cancer cells

Stem cells

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cancer stem cells: a definition / Jichao Qin, Dean G. Tang -- Mathematical modeling of stem cells related to cancer / Monika Joanna Piotrowska ... [et al.] -- Where do cancer stem cells come from? / Calin Stoicov and JeanMarie Houghton -- Mismatch repair deficiencies and origin of cancer stem cells / Minal Garg -- Cancer stem cells in hematological malignancies / Aniruddha J. Deshpande and Christian Buske -- Stem cells in solid tumors / Andres Matoso and Alexander Yu. Nikitin -- Cancer stem cells and metastasis / Benjamin Tiede and Yibin Kang -- Exercise, stem cells, and cancer / Emre Tunca, Karsten Krüger, Frank C. Mooren -- Human adult stem cells as targets for cancer stem



cells: evolution: OCT-4 gene and cell to cell communication / James E. Trosko -- Targeting cancer stem cells / Thomas Dittmar and Kurt S. Zänker.