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"In Discovering Complexity, William Bechtel and Robert Richardson examine two heuristics that guided the development of mechanistic models in the life sciences: decomposition and localization. Drawing on historical cases from disciplines including cell biology, cognitive neuroscience, and genet...

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Main Authors:	Bechtel, William (Author), Richardson, Robert C., 1949- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Research > Methodology. Decomposition method. Localization theory. Complexity (Philosophy) PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology Electronic books.
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