1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004382390403321

Autore

Démoris, René

Titolo

Le roman a la première personne : du classicisme aux lumières / René Démoris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Genève : Droz, 2002

ISBN

2-600-00525-0

Descrizione fisica

506 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

Titre courant ; 25

Disciplina

843.509

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

843.509 DEM 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009814030403321

Titolo

Fundamentals of picoscience / edited by Klaus D. Sattler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FLorida : CRC press, ©2014

ISBN

978-1-4665-0509-4

Descrizione fisica

740 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Disciplina

620.5

Locazione

DINEL

Collocazione

10 B I 611

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790265803321

Autore

Bliss Catherine

Titolo

Race decoded [[electronic resource] ] : the genomic fight for social justice / / Catherine Bliss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8205-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

572.8/6

Soggetti

Race

Human genome

Genomics - Social aspects

Genomics - Moral and ethical aspects

Social justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The New Science of Race;



2. Making Science Racial; 3. The Sociogenomic Paradigm; 4. Making Sense of Race with Values; 5. Everyday Race-Positive; 6. Activism and Expertise; 7. The Enduring Trouble with Race; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2000, with the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. But within five years, many of these same scientists had reversed course and embarked upon a new hunt for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews and life stories, Race Decoded takes us into the world of elite genome scientists-including Francis Collins, director of the NIH; Craig Venter, the first person to create a synthetic genome; and Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, among others-to show how and why they ar