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Author Shea, Elizabeth Parthenia, 1966-

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

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 136 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index.
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.
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Subject Genetics.
Genetics.
Communication in science -- Philosophy.
Communication in science -- Philosophy.
Communication in science.
Rhetoric -- Philosophy.
Rhetoric -- Philosophy.
Genes.
Language Arts.
Persuasive Communication.
Science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Shea, Elizabeth Parthenia, 1966- How the gene got its groove. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008 9780791474259 0791474259 (DLC) 2007030817 (OCoLC)159919459
ISBN 9781435648487 (electronic book)
143564848X (electronic book)