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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Strasser, Bruno J.
Titre(s) : Collecting experiments [Texte imprimé] : making Big Data biology / Bruno J. Strasser
Publication : Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : xv, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-316) and index
Databases have revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives. Information of all
sorts is being collected on a massive scale, from Google to Facebook and well beyond.
But as the amount of information in databases explodes, we are forced to reassess
our ideas about what knowledge is, how it is produced, to whom it belongs, and who
can be credited for producing it. Every scientist working today draws on databases
to produce scientific knowledge. Databases have become more common than microscopes,
voltmeters, and test tubes, and the increasing amount of data has led to major changes
in research practices and profound reflections on the proper professional roles of
data producers, collectors, curators, and analysts. Collecting Experiments traces
the development and use of data collections, especially in the experimental life sciences,
from the early twentieth century to the present. It shows that the current revolution
is best understood as the coming together of two older ways of knowing--collecting
and experimenting, the museum and the laboratory. Ultimately, Bruno J. Strasser argues
that by serving as knowledge repositories, as well as indispensable tools for producing
new knowledge, these databases function as digital museums for the twenty-first century
Sujet(s) : Sciences de la vie -- Bases de données -- 20e siècle
Biologie expérimentale -- Bases de données
Données de la recherche
Données massives
Indice(s) Dewey :
025.065 7 (23e éd.) = Systèmes de stockage et de recherche de l'information spécialisés - Sciences de
la vie et biologie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226634999. - ISBN 022663499X. - ISBN 9780226635040. - ISBN 022663504X. -
ISBN 9780226635187 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465072054
Notice n° :
FRBNF46507205
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction --. Live museums -- ; Blood banks -- ; Data atlases -- ; Virtual collections
-- ; Public databases -- ; Open science -- ; Conclusion.
