| Author | : Rebecca Mertens |
| File Size | : 48,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 30 April 2019 |
| ISBN | : 9783839444429 |
| Pages | : 225 pages |
The Construction of Analogy Based Research Programs by Rebecca Mertens Book PDF Summary
When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity. Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.