02489nam 2200709Ia 450 991097306530332120200520144314.0978079147851607914785139781435648487143564848X10.1515/9780791478516(CKB)1000000000488645(OCoLC)232652208(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575933(SSID)ssj0000173594(PQKBManifestationID)11161993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173594(PQKBWorkID)10165016(PQKB)11751222(Au-PeEL)EBL3407507(CaPaEBR)ebr10575933(OCoLC)923405926(PPN)264288084(DE-B1597)681688(DE-B1597)9780791478516(MiAaPQ)EBC3407507(Perlego)2673468(EXLCZ)99100000000048864520070726d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHow the gene got its groove figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real /Elizabeth Parthenia Shea1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20081 online resource (148 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791474266 0791474267 9780791474259 0791474259 Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-134) and index.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.Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.GeneticsCommunication in sciencePhilosophyRhetoricPhilosophyGenetics.Communication in sciencePhilosophy.RhetoricPhilosophy.576.5Shea Elizabeth Parthenia1966-1806223MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973065303321How the gene got its groove4355276UNINA