Why Do Biologists Use So Many Diagrams?

Diagrams have distinctive characteristics that make them an effective medium for communicating research findings, but they are even more impressive as tools for scientific reasoning. To explore this role, we examine diagrammatic formats that have been devised by biologists to (a) identify and illumi...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 931 - 945
Main Authors:	Sheredos, Benjamin, Burnston, Daniel, Abrahamsen, Adele, Bechtel, William
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Dec2013
Subjects:	Charts, diagrams, etc. Philosophy of science Biologists Circadian rhythms Biological rhythms
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost