title: Afterword: Instruments as media, media as instruments.
abstract: The collection of essays comes under the heading of two catchwords: instruments and media. This Afterword looks at their interaction and roles in exploring the characteristics of living beings throughout history, especially their melding and gliding into each other. Before turning to the papers, I will make some more general remarks on instruments and media in scientific, and in particular, biological research.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: rheinbg@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Hans-Jörg
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rheinberger
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Communication; Instruments; Media; Milieu