How the gene got its groove
Subtitle: figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real
By: Elizabeth Parthenia Shea.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780791474259
Subjects: Genetics; Communication in science -- Philosophy; Rhetoric -- Philosophy; Genes; Language Arts; Persuasive Communication; Science
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gene origin stories; title: Prescribing rhetorical work : genetic theories, gemmules, and genes; title: Genes on Main street; title: Genes, figures, things, objects; title: Figuratively speaking : genes, sexuality, and the authority of science; title: Genome : the secret of how tropes work in the life sciences.