LEADER 04169nam 22006735 450 001 9910484875403321 005 20230811001430.0 010 $a94-017-9582-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-017-9582-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000434446 035 $a(EBL)2095496 035 $a(OCoLC)911200770 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001524890 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11816955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001524890 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11485773 035 $a(PQKB)11508693 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-017-9582-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2095496 035 $a(PPN)18639733X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000434446 100 $a20150617d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExplaining Photosynthesis $eModels of Biochemical Mechanisms, 1840-1960 /$fby Kärin Nickelsen 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-9581-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. In Pursuit of a Pathway (1843-1918) -- 2. Otto Warburg and the Turn to Manometry (1912-25) -- 3. Struggling with the Standard Model (1930-41) -- 4. The Maximum Quantum Yield Controversy (1937-55) -- 5. The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis (1937-1954) -- 6. Elucidating the Light Reactions (1950-1961) -- Epilogue. 330 $aRecounting the compelling story of a scientific discovery that took more than a century to complete, this trail-blazing monograph focuses on methodological issues and is the first to delve into this subject. This book charts how the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of photosynthesis were teased out by succeeding generations of scientists, and the author highlights the reconstruction of the heuristics of modelling the mechanism?analyzed at both individual and collective levels. Photosynthesis makes for an instructive example. The first tentative ideas were developed by organic chemists around 1840, while by 1960 an elaborate proposal at a molecular level, for both light and dark reactions, was established. The latter is still assumed to be basically correct today. The author makes a persuasive case for a historically informed philosophy of science, especially regarding methodology, and advocates a history of science whose narrative deploys philosophical approaches and categories. She shows how scientists? attempts to formulate, justify, modify, confirm or criticize their models are best interpreted as series of coordinated research actions, dependent on a network of super- and subordinated epistemic goals, and guided by recurrent heuristic strategies. With dedicated chapters on key figures such as Otto Warburg, who borrowed epistemic fundamentals from other disciplines to facilitate his own work on photosynthesis, and on more general topics relating to the development of the field after Warburg, this new work is both a philosophical reflection on the nature of scientific enquiry and a detailed history of the processes behind one of science?s most important discoveries. . 410 0$aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 ;$v8 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aBotanical chemistry 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology 606 $aPlant Biochemistry 606 $aHistory of Science 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBotanical chemistry. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aPlant Biochemistry. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a572.4609 700 $aNickelsen$b Kärin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01224963 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484875403321 996 $aExplaining Photosynthesis$92844242 997 $aUNINA