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    • What history tells us

      Michel Morange

      Series Volume 30 Issue 3 June 2005 pp 313-316

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    • Abstract

       

      The history of science was long considered to be something peripheral to science itself. By supplying interesting stories and gossip, it seemed, at best, to provide material for enlivening lectures. In general, it was deemed a suitable activity for retired scientists. This view has been revised considerably in the past years and indeed, today seems hopelessly out of date. History and philosophy of science are increasingly held to be an essential component of the education of scientists. By becoming acquainted with these areas, practicing scientists — and in particular biologists — can better appreciate the significance of the models and theories that underpin their research, especially with the accelerating succession of one idea by the next. The present series, of which the article that follows is the first, aims to give historical glimpses that bear on contemporary biology. The hope is that these glimpses will be both a source of inspiration and of help in resisting useless fashions.

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      Michel Morange1

      1. Department of Biology, Ens, 46 rue d’Ulm, Paris Cedex 05 - 75230, France

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      June 2005

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