This text continues the author's study of how scientific technique is both contributor to and product of discourse. It focuses on gender, and in particular, analyzes how the metaphors of information and communication technology affect biological research, especially in the field of genetics.
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Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-Century Biology by Evelyn Fox Keller
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The focus of these three essays is the role of language and technology in the progress of genetic science. Drawing on a broad spectrum of theoretical work, Keller shows how scientists often operate from preconceived notions in seeking evidence; how it may be possible to reconcile the stability of genetic memory with the seemingly contrary law of increasing entropy; and why terminology introduced by the computer revolution influences recent discoveries in genetic research. Science News
About Evelyn Fox Keller
Evelyn Fox Keller is professor of history and philosophy of science in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous books, including A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, Reflections on Gender and Science and most recently, Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender, and Science.
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CIN0231102054G
9780231102056
0231102054
Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-Century Biology by Evelyn Fox Keller
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