The Biological/Physical Sciences Divide, and the Age of Unreason

D’Arcy Thompson in On Growth and Form tells us that the early founders of the cell theory of biology, and the physiologists believed that progress in their sciences depended critically on our knowledge of molecular forces. The hubris of a new science that followed the application of X-rays and other...

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Main Author: Barry W. Ninham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-03-01
Series:Substantia
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/6