About this title: This book contains three lectures of interest to the general reader about the unfolding study of genetics. The author discusses how molecular biology and cyber-science have informed each other over the last few decades, and how the computer affects the way questions and hypotheses are framed in scientific inquiry.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia Univ Press, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780231102049ISBN:0231102046
Description: Near Fine/Fine. 0231102046 A very clean and tight hard cover First Printing. Small neat ownership marking to front endpaper. No other markings of any kind. 134pp including index. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1996-04-15
ISBN-13:9780231102056ISBN:0231102054
Description: Like New. 1996, 1st edition Hardback. Faint shelf wear to DJ else new condition. Clean/ unmarked text. Distinguished feminist historian explories the interplay of macnines and metaphors in modern scientific inquiry. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Quarter Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia publications, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780231102049ISBN:0231102046
Description: Near Fine in Very Good dj. 8vo. 134 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges. small white price sticker to front dj cover. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. Pages are crisp and clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1995-06
ISBN-13:9780231102049ISBN:0231102046
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press. (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Date Published: 1995
Description: 134p cloth with black/white dustjacket, author inscription to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition. read more
Description: New. Hardback published by Columbia University Press, US 1995, 134 pages. New but with minor shelf wear. Very light score mark across rear of dust-jacket, barely noticeable. Front dust-jacket over-flap is creased due to having folded in on itself. Otherwise absolutely pristine. This book is unopened, not a browsed ex display copy, boards and pages spring back to closed position when lifted. We offer an unconditional refund from 30 days of receipt should this item fail to reach expectations. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1996-04-15
ISBN-13:9780231102056ISBN:0231102054
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231102056ISBN:0231102054
Description: Refiguring Life begins with the history of genetics and embryology, showing how discipline-based metaphors have directed scientists' search for evidence. Keller continues with an exploration of the border traffic between biology and physics, focusing on the question of life and the law of increasing entropy. In a final section she traces the impact of new metaphors, born of the computer revolution, on the course of biological research. Keller shows how these metaphors began as objects of ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231102056ISBN:0231102054
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-13:9780231102056ISBN:0231102054
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