Visions Of Cell Biology: Reflections Inspired By Cowdry's General Cytology

Synopsis

Changing Ideas About Cells As Complex Systems / Jane Maienschein -- In Search Of Cell Architecture: General Cytology And Early Twentieth-century Conceptions Of Cell Organization / Andrew Reynolds -- Methodological Reflections In General Cytology In Historical Perspective / Jutta Schickore -- Cellular Pathogenesis: Virus Inclusions And Histochemistry / William C. Summers -- The Age Of A Cell: Cell Aging In Cowdry's Problems Of Ageing And Beyond / Lijing Jiang -- Visualizing The Cell: Pictorial Styles And Their Epistemic Goals In General Cytology / Beatrice Steinert And Kate Maccord -- Thomas Hunt Morgan And The Role Of Chromosomes In Heredity / Garland E. Allen -- Epigenetics And Beyond / Jan Sapp -- Heads And Tails: Molecular Imagination And The Lipid Bilayer, 1917-1941 / Daniel Liu -- Pictures And Parts: Representation Of Form And The Epistemic Strategy Of Cell Biology / Karl S. Matlin -- Observing The Living Cell: Shinya Inoué And The Reemergence Of Light Microscopy / Rudolf Oldenbourg -- Enriching The Strategies For Creating Mechanistic Explanations In Biology / William Bechtel -- Updating Cowdry's Theories: The Role Of Models In Contemporary Experimental And Computational Cell Biology / Fridolin Gross. Edited By Karl S. Matlin, Jane Maienschein, And Manfred D. Laubichler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.