Science without Laws: Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives

by Creager

Physicists regularly invoke universal laws, such as those of motion and electromagnetism, to explain events. Biological and medical scientists have no such laws. How then do they acquire a reliable body of knowledge about biological organisms and human disease? One way is by repeatedly returning to, manipulating, observing, interpreting, and reinterpreting certain subjects--such as flies, mice, worms, or microbes--or, as they are known in biology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822340682
• ISBN13: 9780822340683
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 9.2"