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Discovering complexity : decomposition and localization as strategies in scientific research /

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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]
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Research > Methodology.
Decomposition method.
Localization theory.
Complexity (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology
Electronic books.
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by Bechtel, William
Published 1993
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