The age of biology: When plant physiology was in the center of American life science.

IF 1.1 3区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
History of Science Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Epub Date: 2020-09-14 DOI:10.1177/0073275320954123
David P D Munns
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Abstract

For much of the twentieth century, plant physiologists considered themselves in an ideal position to study and explain the functions and processes of plants. Much of that authority stemmed from plant physiologists' long-standing commitment to experimental control and the integration of the physical sciences into biological practice. This article places plant physiology back in the center of the story of the recent life sciences. It shows the development of parallel experimental research programs into environmental as well as genetic effects on growth and development in plant physiology and genetics, and notes that the pursuit of an experimental environment was celebrated as much as (and occasionally more than) a molecular vision of life throughout most of the twentieth century by much of the plant science community. Thus, this article concludes that the history of the recent life sciences needs new complementary narratives of plant physiology with genetics, new concepts with technological tools, and plant-sized scales with the molecular. The history of the 'Age of Biology,' as the plant scientists saw it, helps confront the issue first posed by Evelyn Fox Keller, namely that the history of genetics has overshadowed a larger history of experimental life science. My answer here is through a larger narrative of the rise of the complementary experimental sciences of genes and environments in the life sciences.

生物学时代:植物生理学成为美国生命科学中心的时代。
在20世纪的大部分时间里,植物生理学家认为自己处于研究和解释植物功能和过程的理想位置。这种权威很大程度上源于植物生理学家长期致力于实验控制和将物理科学与生物实践相结合。这篇文章将植物生理学重新置于近代生命科学故事的中心。它展示了在植物生理学和遗传学中环境和遗传对生长发育的影响的平行实验研究项目的发展,并指出在整个20世纪的大部分时间里,大多数植物科学界对实验环境的追求与对生命的分子视野一样(有时甚至超过)。因此,本文的结论是,近代生命科学史需要新的补充叙述与遗传学的植物生理学,新的概念与技术工具,和植物尺度与分子。在植物科学家看来,“生物学时代”的历史有助于解决伊芙琳·福克斯·凯勒(Evelyn Fox Keller)首先提出的问题,即遗传学的历史掩盖了实验生命科学的更大历史。我的答案是通过对生命科学中基因和环境的互补实验科学的兴起的更大的叙述。
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History of Science
History of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
CiteScore
1.50
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0.00%
发文量
15
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: History of Science is peer reviewed journal devoted to the history of science, medicine and technology from earliest times to the present day. Articles discussing methodology, and reviews of the current state of knowledge and possibilities for future research, are especially welcome.
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