Rebecca Mertens is a postdoctoral researcher in the collaborative research center 1288 »Practices of Comparing«. Her research interests cover the role of analogies, models and forms of comparison in the history of the life sciences.
3 E-böcker av Rebecca Mertens
Rebecca Mertens: The Construction of Analogy-Based Research Programs
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 …
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Martin Carrier & Rebecca Mertens: Narratives and Comparisons
As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemi …
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Antje Flüchter & Kirsten Kramer: Comparing and Change
Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors …
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