Tools and Modes of Representation in the Laboratory Sciences

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Tools and Modes of Representation in the Laboratory Sciences is written by U. Klein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1402001002 (ISBN 10) and 9781402001000 (ISBN 13).

Fourteen chapters provide insights into the efforts of 19th- and 20th-century scientists to construct working representations of invisible objects, such as the structural formula of a dye, a three- dimensional model of a protein, or a table conveying relationships between chemical elements. The essays focus on scientists' pragmatic use of representation, exploring the concrete ways that scientists implement sign systems as productive tools both to achieve and to shape their organizational goals. Editor Klein is associated with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.