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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life? : A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: Good. 1 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code (Writing Science)
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life : A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: New.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code (Writing Science)
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: New.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press 3/1/2000, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code. Book.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life : A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, US, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Paperback. Condition: New. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Drawing on archives, published sources, and interviews, the author situates work on the genetic code (1953-70) within the history of life science, the rise of communication technosciences (cybernetics, information theory, and computers), the intersection of molecular biology with cryptanalysis and linguistics, and the social history of postwar Europe and the United States. Kay draws out the historical specificity in the process by which the central biological problem of DNA-based protein synthesis came to be metaphorically represented as an information code and a writing technology-and consequently as a "book of life." This molecular writing and reading is part of the cultural production of the Nuclear Age, its power amplified by the centuries-old theistic resonance of the "book of life" metaphor. Yet, as the author points out, these are just metaphors: analogies, not ontologies. Necessary and productive as they have been, they have their epistemological limitations. Deploying analyses of language, cryptology, and information theory, the author persuasively argues that, technically speaking, the genetic code is not a code, DNA is not a language, and the genome is not an information system (objections voiced by experts as early as the 1950s). Thus her historical reconstruction and analyses also serve as a critique of the new genomic biopower. Genomic textuality has become a fact of life, a metaphor literalized, she claims, as human genome projects promise new levels of control over life through the meta-level of information: control of the word (the DNA sequences) and its editing and rewriting. But the author shows how the humbling limits of these scriptural metaphors also pose a challenge to the textual and material mastery of the genomic "book of life.".
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code (Writing Science)
Seller: Friends of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library. DJ in Mylar. Clean pages, sound binding.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?
Language: English
Published by MK - Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 304pp. Light shelfwear, tight binding, interior text clean. Near Fine copy.
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The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Seller: Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Condition: acceptable.
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The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Condition: Like New. paperback. Text block, wrappers and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.
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The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life? - A History of the Genetic Code (eng)
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: new.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: New. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605. . 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .
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Who Wrote the Book of Life: A History of the Genetic Code (Writing Science) ISBN 10: 0804734178 / ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Language: English
Published by Stanford University, Stanford, 2000 Buch und Zeitschriften Vlg., 2000 Buch und Zeitschriften Vlg., 2000
Seller: Chiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR, Altenmarkt, BAY, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: Gut. First edition. XIX,441 pages, INDEX. In EXCELLENT shape. (Wir haben zahlreiche Titel in diesem Sachgebiet auf unserer HP.) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 Wrappers / Originalbroschur. 23cm.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life : A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life : A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Seller: Friends of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean pages tightly bound.
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code
Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0804734178 ISBN 13: 9780804734172
Condition: New. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605. . 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 472 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
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The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Seller: Reading Room Books, Kilmarnock, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.
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Molecular Vision of Life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Condition: New.
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Molecular Vision of Life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0195111435 ISBN 13: 9780195111439
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
