Toward a History of Epistemic Things Synthesizing Proteins in the Test Tube

Name: Toward a History of Epistemic Things Synthesizing Proteins in the Test Tube
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ISBN: 9780804727860

ISBN-10: 0804727864

ISBN-13: 9780804727860

Edition: 1997

Authors: Hans-Jï¿½rg Rheinberger

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Rheinberger argues for the primacy of the material arrangements of the laboratory in the dynamics of modern molecular biology, and develops a new epistemology of experimentation in which research is treated as a process for studying epistemic things.

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 7/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Prologue



After All: An Epistemology of the Beginning



Experimental Systems and Epistemic Things



Out of Cancer Research, 1947-50



Establishing an In Vitro System of Protein Synthesis, 1949-52



Reproduction and Difference



Defining Fractions, 1952-55



Spaces of Representation



The Activation of Amino Acids, 1954-56



Conjunctures, Hybrids, Bifurcations, Experimental Cultures



Toward Molecular Biology: The Emergence of Soluble RNA, 1955-58



Historiality, Narration, and Reflection



Names Matter: Transfer RNA and Ribosomes, 1958-61



Play-off: Messenger RNA and the Genetic Code


Epilogue: Science and Writing


Glossary


Notes


References


Index