@book{2019:mertens:the_constr,
title = {The Construction of Analogy-Based Research Programs},
year = {2019},
note = {When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key
hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship
between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and
provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate
the relation between chemical structure and biological
specificity.Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key
analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of
long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a
crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the
continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of
analogy-based modelling.},
edition = {1},
publisher = {transcript},
address = {Bielefeld},
series = {Science Studies},
volume = {0},
author = {Mertens, Rebecca}
}