Models : the third dimension of science /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chadarevian, Soraya de, Hopwood, Nick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.
Series:Writing science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dimensions of modelling / Nick Hopwood and Soraya de Chadarevian
  • Representing invention, viewing models / Malcolm Baker
  • Plastic anatomies and artificial dissections / Renato G. Mazzolini
  • Fish and ships: models in the age of reason / Simon Schaffer
  • Modelling monuments and excavations / Christopher Evans
  • Monsters at the Crystal Palace / James A. Secord
  • Plastic publishing in embryology / Nick Hopwood
  • Casting skin: Meanings for doctors, artists and patients / Thomas Schnalke
  • Molecules and croquet balls / Christoph Meinel
  • Mathematical models / Herbert Mehrtens
  • Science, art and authenticity in natural history displays / Lynn K. Nyhart
  • Models and the making of molecular biology / Soraya de Chadarevian
  • Secrets hidden in 2-D: The economy as a hydraulic machine / Mary S. Morgan and Marcel Boumans
  • From model kits to interactive computer graphics / Eric Francoeur and Jérôme Segal
  • Three-dimensional models in philosophical perspective / James Griesemer
  • Material models as visual culture / Ludmilla Jordanova.