The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov
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The Construction of Analogy-Based Research Programs
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The Construction of Analogy-Based Research Programs
The Lock-and-Key Analogy in 20th Century Biochemistry
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When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity.
Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.
- ISBN-13
- 9783837644425
- Publisher
- transcript
- Imprint
- transcript
- Publication date
- 12 March 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- Dimensions
- 225 x 148 mm
- Language
- English
