Life Out of Sequence - A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics

Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces.

About the author

Hallam Stevens is assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where he teaches classes on the history of the life sciences and the history of information technology.

Summary

Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces.

Product details

• Authors: Hallam Stevens, Stevens Hallam
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2013
• EAN: 9780226080178
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08017-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / History, History of Science, Life sciences: general issues, Medical and health informatics, Medical bioinformatics, MEDICAL / Informatics