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Model Systems in Biology

Model Systems in Biology

Model Systems in Biology

History, Philosophy, and Practical Concerns

by Georg Striedter

ISBN: 9780262046947

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 2, 2022

How biomedical research using various animal species and in vitro cellular systems has resulted in both major successes and translational failure.
Transmissions

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Critical Tactics for Making and Communicating Research

Edited by Kat Jungnickel

ISBN: 9780262043403

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 7, 2020

Researchers rethink tactics for inventing and disseminating research, examining the use of such unconventional forms as poetry, performance, catalogs, interactive machines, costume, and digital platforms.
Investing in Science

Investing in Science

Investing in Science

Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures

by Massimo Florio

ISBN: 9780262043199

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 15, 2019

A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects.
Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering

by Ian Foster and Dennis B. Gannon

ISBN: 9780262037242

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 29, 2017

A guide to cloud computing for students, scientists, and engineers, with advice and many hands-on examples.
Rational Action

Rational Action

Rational Action

The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960

by William Thomas

ISBN: 9780262028509

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 10, 2015

The evolution of a set of fields—including operations research and systems analysis—intended to improve policymaking and explore the nature of rational decision-making.
Cogent Science in Context

Cogent Science in Context

Cogent Science in Context

The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas

by William Rehg

ISBN: 9780262516600

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 19, 2011

A proposal for an interdisciplinary, context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds Jürgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.
Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise

Creating New Kinds of Collaboration

Edited by Michael E. Gorman

ISBN: 9780262514835

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 19, 2010

A proposal for a new framework for fostering collaborations across disciplines, addressing both theory and practical applications.
Discovering Complexity

Discovering Complexity

Discovering Complexity

Decomposition and Localization as Strategies in Scientific Research

by William Bechtel and Robert C. Richardson

ISBN: 9780262514736

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 6, 2010

An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences.
Structures of Scientific Collaboration

Structures of Scientific Collaboration

Structures of Scientific Collaboration

by Wesley Shrum, Joel Genuth and Ivan Chompalov

ISBN: 9780262195591

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 18, 2007

How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences.
Advice for a Young Investigator

Advice for a Young Investigator

Advice for a Young Investigator

by Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Translated by Neely Swanson and Larry W. Swanson

ISBN: 9780262681506

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 27, 2004

An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.
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