Microstudies versus big picture accounts?

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  de Chadarevian, Soraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big picture; Disciplinary history; Historiography; Microhistory; Microstudies; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 61349148602     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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