Book ID: CBB000038091

Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology (1995)

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Keller, Evelyn Fox (Author)


Columbia University Press


Publication Date: 1995
Physical Details: xix + 134 pp.; illus.; notes; index

Description Contents: Language and science: Genetics, embryology, and the discourse of gene action. Molecules, messages, and memory: Life and the second law. The body of a new machine: Situating the organism between telegraphs and computers.


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Review Midgley, M. (1996) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 204-9). unapi

Review Rasmussen, N. (1995) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 122-24). unapi

Review Edwards, P.N. (1997) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 159-60). unapi

Review Robert, J.S. (1999) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Research in Philosophy and Technology (pp. 327-29). unapi

Review Fortun, M. (1996) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 312-13). unapi

Review Hansen, C.E. (1996) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Lychnos (pp. 345-46). unapi

Review Lindee, M.S. (1997) Review of "Refiguring life: Metaphors of 20th-century biology". Technology and Culture (pp. 497-98). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Stura, Enrico A.
Borghini, Andrea
Saulnier, Katie Michelle
Joly, Yann
Moynihan, Thomas
Suporas, Charles
Concepts
Biology
Philosophy
Philosophy of biology
Evolution
Philosophy of science
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Russia
France
Brazil
Institutions
Institute for the History of Sciences and Technology, Russian Academy of Science
History of Science Society
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