In Search of Mechanisms: Discoveries Across the Life Sciences

by Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden

Book Overview

Neuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the myriad mechanisms of gene regulation. Ecologists study nutrient cycling mechanisms and their devastating imbalances in estuaries such as the Chesapeake Bay. In fact, much of biology and its history involves biologists constructing, evaluating, and revising their understanding of mechanisms. With In Search of Mechanisms,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022603979X
• ISBN13: 9780226039794
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"