How the gene got its groove figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real / Elizabeth Parthenia Shea.

Author/creator Shea, Elizabeth Parthenia, 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press,
Descriptionx, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Gene origin stories -- Prescribing rhetorical work : genetic theories, gemmules, and genes -- Genes on Main street -- Genes, figures, things, objects -- Figuratively speaking : genes, sexuality, and the authority of science -- Genome : the secret of how tropes work in the life sciences.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007030817
ISBN9780791474259 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0791474259 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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