@article {31432,
	title = {Do scientific objects have a life (which may end)?},
	journal = {Science in Context},
	volume = {34},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {195-208},
	abstract = {The aim of this article is to make a case for the pertinence of a biographical approach to the history of scientific objects. I first lay out the rationale of that approach by revisiting and extending my earlier work on the topic. I consider the characteristics of scientific objects that motivate the biographical metaphor, and I indicate its virtues and limitations by bringing out the positive and negative analogies between biographies of scientific objects and ordinary biographies. I then point out various ways in which scientific objects may pass away and argue that their demise should be conceptualized as a process. Finally, I sketch the history of the concept of {\textquotedblleft}ether{\textquotedblright} in nineteenth and early twentieth century physics and suggest that it lends itself particularly well to a biographical treatment. To that effect, I discuss the identity, heuristic character, and recalcitrance of the ether and examine the reasons that may have led to its passing.},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/science-in-context/article/abs/do-scientific-objects-have-a-life-which-may-end/5F27A50206F2A1A7A58F05C4ABC33E31},
	author = {Arabatzis, T.}
}
