The Poetics of DNA

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U of Minnesota Press, 2007 - 256 lappuses
In The Poetics of DNA, Judith Roof examines the rise of this powerful symbol and the implications of its ascendancy for the ways we thinkÑabout ourselves, about one another, and about the universe. A hyperbolized notion of DNA has become a vector, Roof argues, through which older ways of thinking can merge with the new, advancing long-discredited and insidious ideas.

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1 The Epic Acid
1
2 Genesis
30
3 Flesh Made Word
70
4 The Homunculus and Saturating Tales
115
5 The Ecstasies of Pseudoscience
165
6 Rewriting History
198
Notes
217
Index
235
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