Data-driven sciences: From wonder cabinets to electronic databases

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

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-87

  Strasser, Bruno J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Collection; Database; Information overload; Museum; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NATURAL HISTORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE;

EID: 84864292958     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.10.009     Document Type: Note

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