Dalla macchina all’opera d’arte. Metafore del vivente nella biologia sperimentale ottocentesca

The paper reconstructs an emblematic case of the relationship between scientific models and metaphors, showing how it is just a metaphor to shape the new image of the life promoted by Claude Bernard in the context of nineteenth-century biology. In fact, the scientist chooses to map a field that is s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Annamaria Contini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-12-01
Series:Aisthesis
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/15295