Refiguring Life
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780231102056
Subjects: Gender studies; Genetics (non-medical); Philosophy of science; General; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Science / Biology; Science; Philosophy
First sentence: A belief long standing among geneticists (and one that has acquired greater currency in recent years for the public at large) is that genes are the primary agents of life: they are the fundamental units of biological analysis; they cause the development of biological traits; and the ultimate goal of biological science is the understanding of how they act.