LEADER 05154nam 22008175 450 001 9910784929203321 005 20230810224825.0 010 $a1-283-00167-5 010 $a9786613001672 010 $a90-481-3767-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-90-481-3767-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035569 035 $a(EBL)645999 035 $a(OCoLC)654396203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000449323 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000449323 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428846 035 $a(PQKB)11285802 035 $a(DE-He213)978-90-481-3767-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC645999 035 $a(PPN)149065531 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035569 100 $a20100623d2010 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscovering Life, Manufacturing Life$b[electronic resource] $eHow the experimental method shaped life sciences /$fby Pierre V. Vignais, Paulette M. Vignais 205 $a1st ed. 2010. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (421 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-8203-2 311 $a90-481-3766-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index. 327 $aThe Roots of Experimental Science from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance -- The Birth of the Experimental Method in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- The Impact of Determinism in the Life Sciences of the 19th and 20th Centuries -- Challenges for Experimentation on Living Beings at the Dawn of the 21st Century -- Epilogue. 330 $aThis book tells the story of how thinkers, over time, have dared to explore using experimental devices and how the experimental method established itself and took a predominant role in the life sciences. While life sciences continue to advance and knowledge becomes more widespread and accessible, philosophers now focus on problems of ethics particularly with respect to the reproductive functions that contemporary biology is able to manipulate and modify. Looking at the stunning progress made by scientific thought over the last five centuries we might ask ourselves what were the triggering factors that lead to the experimental method. How did this logical and objective approach to the exploration of various enigmas in nature arise and spread at a particular moment in time in the western world? Was there an influence from the social, religious or political context? Was the energy of a few individuals sufficient to initiate such a revolution? The authors of this book take us on journey of the mind, from the ancient roots of scientific rationality to today?s irresistible trend in genetic manipulation, particularly focused on human beings. Inevitably this will lead the reader to view the way in which science is done today under a new light. A fascinating discussion, based on concrete examples and experiments, provides food for thought, not only with respect to the experimental method itself, but also regarding the organization of science as it exists today and how it is perceived. About the authors: Pierre V. Vignais, a science doctor and a doctor of medicine, was awarded a scholarship of the Fondation Roux at the Pasteur Institute of Paris. Professor emeritus of Biochemistry of the medical college of the University Joseph Fourier and director of a URA-CNRS at the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission), he received the CNRS Silver Medal and the Grand Prix de l'Académie des Sciences. He died, aged 80, in September 2006. Paulette M. Vignais, his wife, received her diploma in chemical engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP) and obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Paris. She recently retired from a position of Emeritus director of Research at the CNRS where she directed a CNRS-CEA Unit at the CEA. 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aBiophysics 606 $aEngineering 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology 606 $aBiophysics 606 $aTechnology and Engineering 606 $aLife Sciences 615 0$aBiochemistry. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBiophysics. 615 0$aEngineering. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 14$aBiochemistry. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aBiophysics. 615 24$aTechnology and Engineering. 615 24$aLife Sciences. 676 $a570.9 700 $aVignais$b Pierre V$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$063461 702 $aVignais$b Paulette M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 712 02$aGrenoble Sciences (Organisation) 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784929203321 996 $aDiscovering Life, Manufacturing Life$93793291 997 $aUNINA