On Beyond Living: Rhetorical Transformations of the Life Sciences

By Richard M. Doyle

Book Overview

Drawing on tools from rhetoric and poststructuralist theory, the author argues that the ascent of molecular biology, with its emphasis on molecules such as DNA rather than organisms, was enabled by crucial rhetorical "softwares."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804727651
• ISBN13: 9780804727655
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"