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Autore |
Gessert George <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Green light : toward an art of evolution / / George Gessert |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29158-4 |
1-282-63820-3 |
9786612638206 |
0-262-26589-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Art and biology |
Biotechnology in art |
Nature (Aesthetics) |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Divine plants and magical animals -- Aesthetic effects of domestication -- The rainforests of domestication -- The rise of ornamental plants -- Darwin's sublime -- Playing God -- Standards of excellence -- Doubles -- Kitsch plants -- Bastard flowers, genetic goofies, and Freud's bow wows -- Biotechnology in the garden -- Recent art involving DNA -- Naming life -- Anthropocentrism and genetic art -- The angel of extinction -- Seven breeding complexes -- The slowest art -- Breeding for wildness. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants. |
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