Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences

Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences

Reynolds, Andrew S.

Cambridge University Press

04/2022

150

Mole

Inglês

9781108940498

15 a 20 dias

250

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1. Metaphors and science; 2. Background metaphors: agents, machines, and information; 3. Genes and genomes: agents, codes, programs, blueprints, and books; 4. Proteins: machines, messengers, and team players; 5. Cells: factories, computers, and social organisms; 6. Evolution: natural selection, the tree of life, and selfish genes; 7. Ecology: the balance of nature, niches, ecosystem health, and gaia; 8. Biomedicine: genetic engineering, genome editing, and cell reprogramming.
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