EAN: 9783035802245

NATURES OF DATA - PHILIPP FISCHER HANS HOFMANN ...

Computer-based technologies for the production and analysis of data have been an integral part
of biological research since the 1990s at the latest. This not only applies to genomics and its
offshoots but also to less conspicuous subsections such as ecology. But little consideration
has been given to how this has changed research practically. How and when do data become
questionable? To what extent does the necessary infrastructure influence the research process?
What status is given to software and algorithms in the production and analysis of data?These
questions were discussed for two days in September 2016 by the biologists Philipp Fischer und
Hans Hofmann  the philosopher Gabriele Gramelsberger  the historian of science and biology
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger  the science theorist Christoph Hoffmann  and the artist Hannes Rickli.
The conditions of experimentation in the digital sphere are examined in four chapters-Data 
Software  Infrastructure  and in silico-in which the different perspectives of the discussion
partners complement one another. The aim is not to confirm one's own point of view  but through
reciprocal interchange to gain a deepened understanding of the contemporary basis of biological
research.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9783035802245

Produktinformationen zur 9783035802245