title: In defence of biography: the use of biography in the history of science.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hankins
mesh_terms: D006663:Historiography; D006666:History of Medicine; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*