Biology as Ideology The Doctrine of DNA

By: Lewontin, Richard CLanguage: English Series: CBC Massey lecturesPublication details: New York Harper Perennial 1993Description: viii, 128 pISBN: 9780060975197 (PB)Subject(s): Biology Social aspects | Biology Philosophy | Computational Biology
Contents:
A reasonable skepticism All in the genes? Causes and their effects The dream of the human genome A story in textbooks Science as social action
Summary: Geneticist Lewontin demonstrates how science (and scientists) is molded by society and how the dominant social and economic forces in society determine to a large extent what scientists do and how they do it"--Publisher description
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A reasonable skepticism
All in the genes?
Causes and their effects
The dream of the human genome
A story in textbooks
Science as social action

Geneticist Lewontin demonstrates how science (and scientists) is molded by society and how the dominant social and economic forces in society determine to a large extent what scientists do and how they do it"--Publisher description

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