Taylor D
Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2008 Mar;177(1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s11845-007-0108-9. Epub 2007 Dec 12.
This paper is concerned with the role of theoretical modelling in bioengineering research. The subject matter was delivered as the 12th annual Haughton Lecture, presented on 28 January 2006 at the Bioengineering in Ireland conference in Galway. The title of the lecture was "Telling Stories About Bone". The paper begins with some general remarks about what constitutes a scientific theory, and it moves on to a discussion about where ideas for theoretical models come from, taking examples from my own work on the mechanical strength and fracture of bone. I conclude with some advice to budding theoreticians.
本文关注理论建模在生物工程研究中的作用。该主题作为第12届霍顿年度讲座发表，于2006年1月28日在戈尔韦举行的爱尔兰生物工程会议上呈现。讲座的标题是“讲述关于骨骼的故事”。本文首先对构成科学理论的内容做了一些一般性评论，接着讨论了理论模型的想法来源，以我自己关于骨骼机械强度和骨折的研究为例。最后我给初出茅庐的理论家们提供了一些建议。
