- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 1 edition (26 Feb 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199238561
- ISBN-13: 978-0199238569
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 713,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Intriguing book. (John Turney, THES )
Original and thoughtful study. (PD Smith, The Guardian )
Original and thoughtful study. (PD Smith, The Guardian )
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From the sheep, dog, and cockerel that were sent aloft in Montgolfier's balloon, to Galvani's frog's legs, Dolly the Sheep, the finches of the Galapagos, and even imaginary cats and simulated life forms, Pavlov's Dogs and Schrödinger's Cat explores the fascinating history of the role of living things in science. The ways in which animals and plants have been used in science has always been a matter for considerable public debate, and this book provides an important and fascinating new perspective, setting aside moral reflection to simply examine the history of how and why living creatures have been used for the purposes of scientific discovery. Many extraordinary stories are uncovered throughout five centuries of science - tales of the people involved, curious incidents and episodes, and the occasional scientific fraud too, as clear reflections on the history and philosophy of science are combined with remarkable accounts from the living laboratory.
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Around 380 BC Aristotle took a clutch of fertilized eggs and by opening one every day for a month observed the daily stages in the development of the chick. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Around 380 BC Aristotle took a clutch of fertilized eggs and by opening one every day for a month observed the daily stages in the development of the chick. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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Great book for science elective courses
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This book is great for a AP Bio or Psychology elective course for juniors and seniors in high school. I use it in my zoology course. You can pick and choose chapters and the students will definitely give you feedback. I found it like the classic book, " Microbe Hunters" but this time animal experimentors and their work. Sure to start discussions on ethics and how much we owe to our underlings, the animal kingdom. To me, they will never be underlings but living and breathing organisms like us who share our planet and who have taught us much about them and ourselves. The only shortcoming of the text (reason for only 4 stars ) is that more photographs could have been used ( especially of the scientists ) and some background on the scientist ( birth, country, death etc. ) to start each chapter would have helped. I am planning a book called "Through Their Eyes" which will include all zoologists and their work and which will also take us out of the laboratory setting into the field. Aristotle to Conrad Lorenz to Dr. Jane Goodall. It will bring this volume full circle. "Underlings", ha, how about equals?
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