Models and the mosaic of scientific knowledge. The case of immunology

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

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-56

  Baetu, Tudor M ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Mechanism; Model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; MECHANISM; METHODOLOGY; MODEL;

EXPERIMENTATION; MECHANISM; MODEL;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84894422309     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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