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In The Poetics of DNA, Judith Roof examines the rise of this powerful symbol and the implications of its ascendancy for the ways we thinkabout ourselves, about one another, and about the universe. A hyperbolized notion of DNA has become a vector, Roof argues, through which older ways of thinking can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roof, Judith, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Genetics > Social aspects.
DNA.
Developmental genetics.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
Genes.
Genetique du developpement.
Genetique > Aspect social.
ADN.
Symbolism
Genetic Determinism
Genes
DNA
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The epic acid
  • Genesis
  • Flesh made word
  • The homunculus and saturating tales
  • The ecstasies of pseudoscience
  • Rewriting history.

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