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Beschreibung
When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity. Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.
When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity. Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.
Über den Autor
Rebecca Mertens is a postdoctoral researcher in the collaborative research center 1288 'Practices of Comparing'. Her research interests cover the role of analogies, models and forms of comparison in the history of the life sciences.
Zusammenfassung
Ursprungsland: DE
Zolltarifnummer: 49019900
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
12 s/w Illustr.
12 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9783837644425
ISBN-10: 3837644421
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mertens, Rebecca
Hersteller: transcript Verlag
Gost, Roswitha, u. Karin Werner
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: transcript Verlag, Gero Wierichs, Hermannstr. 26, D-33602 Bielefeld, live@transcript-verlag.de
Maße: 225 x 148 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Mertens
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,355 kg
Artikel-ID: 134613302