Background
Grinnell, Frederick was born on February 5, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Anita (Abraham) Grinnell.
( THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE presents a systematic account o...)
THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE presents a systematic account of the cognitive and social features of science. Written by an experimental biologist actively engaged in research, the work is unique in its attempt to understand science in terms of day-to-day practice. The book goes beyond the traditional description of science that focuses on method and logic to characterize the scientific attitude as a way of looking at the world. Professor Grinnell uses examples from biomedical research to describe science at three interdependent levels. At the first level, the individual scientist makes observations, formulates hypotheses, and does experiments. The scientist's thought style determines what can be seen and what it will appear to mean. At the second level, scientists participate in social institutions such as graduate programs, research groups, journal editorial boards, and grant review panels. Each of these institutions tries to promote its own distinctive collective thought style. Finally, at the third level, scientists participate in the world of everyday life beyond science, a world that continuously influences and is influenced by the activities and discoveries of science.
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Grinnell, Frederick was born on February 5, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Anita (Abraham) Grinnell.
He took his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Clark University (1966) and Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry at Tufts University (1970).
Currently, he is the Robert McLemore Professor of Medical Science in the department of cell biology at Utah Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He joined the faculty at Utah Southwestern in 1972 and founded the Ethics in Science and Medicine Program and Ethics Grand Rounds in 1998. Grinnell"s scientific work contributed to the discovery of the biological adhesion protein fibronectin and helped to establish the importance of fibronectin in wound repair.
Subsequently, his laboratory helped popularize the use of wound exudate to analyze the human wound environment and made the discovery that chronic wounds contain degraded fibronectin and high levels of proteolytic enzymes.
His latest research has focused on the biomechanics of fibroblasts interacting with three dimensional collagen matrices. In bioethics, Grinnell engages in cross-disciplinary work at the boundary between science and philosophy.
His goal is to inform public policy and to advance science education and public understanding of science. He has published two books: The Scientific Attitude (now is in its 2nd edition) and Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic.
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Married Paula Harriet, March 30, 1969. Children: Laura, Phillip, Aviva.