Collecting Experiments, Making Big Data Biology
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In Collecting Experiments, Making Big Data Biology, Bruno Strasser investigates the emergence of 'big data biology' by studying the mid-20th century efforts to turn biology into an experimental science, as exemplified by bacterial genetics.
He focuses on scientific practice, showing how biologists’ interactions with objects, instruments, images, and infrastructures have transformed the life sciences.
Bruno Strasser's new book looks at the birth of big data biology in the mid-20th century, focusing on bacterial genetics.
Strasser shows how the making of images, databases and new technologies revolutionized biology in the 20th century.
He focuses on scientific practice, showing how biologists’ interactions with objects, instruments, images, and infrastructures have transformed the life sciences.
Bruno Strasser's new book looks at the birth of big data biology in the mid-20th century, focusing on bacterial genetics.
Strasser shows how the making of images, databases and new technologies revolutionized biology in the 20th century.
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Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
