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Afterword: Instruments as media, media as instruments (2016)

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The collection of essays comes under the heading of two catchwords: instruments and media. This Afterword looks at their interaction and roles in exploring the characteristics of living beings throughout history, especially their melding and gliding into each other. Before turning to the papers, I will make some more general remarks on instruments and media in scientific, and in particular, biological research.

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Authors & Contributors
Berg, Hein van den
Castle, David
Cobb, Matthew
Creager, Angela N. H.
Dupré, John
Emden, Christian J.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Acta Historica Leopoldina
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
History of Science
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Duke University Press
Harvard University Press
Oxford University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Biology
Life sciences
Evolution
Teleology
Philosophy of biology
Genetics
People
Kant, Immanuel
Aristotle
Aron, Raymond C. F.
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Canguilhem, Georges
Darwin, Charles Robert
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
18th century
19th century
20th century, late
Enlightenment
Places
Great Britain
East Germany
Soviet Union
Germany
West Germany
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