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9780060975197

Biology As Ideology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060975197

  • ISBN10:

    0060975199

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-01-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

Following in the fashion of Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Medawar, one of the world's leading scientists examines how "pure science" is in fact shaped and guided by social and political needs and assumptions.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
A Reasonable Skepticism
1(16)
All in the Genes?
17(22)
Causes and Their Effects
39(20)
The Dream of the Human Genome
59(26)
A Story in Textbooks
85(20)
Science as Social Action
105(20)
Notes 125

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