The role of metaphor in shaping scientific inquiry: Andrew Reynolds: The third lens: Metaphor and the creation of modern cell biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018, 272 pp, $30.00 PB
The role of metaphor in shaping scientific inquiry: Andrew Reynolds: The third lens: Metaphor and the creation of modern cell biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018, 272 pp, $30.00 PB
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隐喻在塑造科学探究中的作用：安德鲁·雷诺兹：第三个镜头：隐喻与现代细胞生物学的创造。
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10.1007/s11016-023-00862-9
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2023
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Michod, Richard E.
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Davison, Dinah R.;Michod, Richard E.
细胞生物学领域在其历史上一直受到隐喻的影响，从1665年胡克首次使用细胞作为容器的隐喻开始。隐喻是书名中的“第三个透镜”。这里提到的透镜是用来研究细胞的隐喻中的透镜，它是复合显微镜的两个透镜。雷诺兹认为，隐喻推动了研究项目，影响了想法的产生，研究问题的发展，协议的创建和结果的解释。这本书是一个有趣和引人入胜的阅读历史和使用隐喻在细胞生物学和作为一个案例研究的作用隐喻和模型在科学更普遍。第三透镜有六章。在第一章中，雷诺兹考察了隐喻在细胞理论早期发展中所起的作用，以及围绕生命基本单位的争论。雷诺兹强调了隐喻促进和阻碍细胞生物学早期研究进展的方式。细胞最初被视为多细胞生物体的静态构建块。虽然这促进了跨类群的细胞类型的识别，但它阻碍了生理学和发育生物学等领域的研究进展。
The field of cell biology has been shaped by metaphors throughout its history, beginning with the metaphor of the cell as a container first used by Hooke in 1665. Metaphors are the “third lens” in the title of the book. The lenses alluded to are the lens of the metaphors used to study cells in addition to the two lenses of a compound microscope. Reynolds argues that metaphors have driven research programs, affecting idea generation, the development of research questions, protocol creation, and the interpretation of results. The book is a fun and engaging read on the history and use of metaphors in cell biology and as a case study of the role of metaphors and models in science more generally.The Third Lens has six chapters. In Chapter 1, Reynolds examines the role metaphor played in the early development of cell theory and the controversy surrounding the basic unit of life. Reynolds highlights ways in which metaphors both promoted and hindered early research progress in cell biology. Cells were initially viewed as static building blocks of multicellular organisms. While this facilitated the identification of cell types across taxa, it hindered research progress in fields such as physiology and developmental biology.