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1	Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller, W H Freeman A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains her work in genetics and traces her long unheralded career as a research scientist. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £6.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	A Feeling for the Organism, 10th Aniversary Edittion: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock by Evelyn Fox Keller For much of her life she worked alone, brilliant but eccentric, with ideas that made little sense to her colleagues. Yet before DNA and the molecular revolution, Barbara McClintock's tireless analysis of corn led her to uncover some of the deepest, most intricate secrets of genetic organization. Nearly forty years later, her insights would bring ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60!
3	The Century of the Gene more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller In a book that promises to change the way we think and talk about genes and genetic determinism, Evelyn Fox Keller, one of our most gifted historians and philosphers of science, provides a powerful, profound analysis of the achievements of genetics and molecular biology in the 20th century, the century of the gene. Not just a chronicle of biology ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £13.78! \| first editions
4	Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-Century Biology more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller In these three essays, feminist historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller explores the interplay of machines and metaphors in modern scientific inquiry. She looks at the discourse of the contemporary life sciences, the "metaphors" which allow scientific work to proceed. As powerfully as the physical technology of modern science, these ... see all copies from £7.68! new only from £15.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller What do biologists want? If, unlike their counterparts in physics, biologists are generally wary of a grand, overarching theory, at what kinds of explanation do biologists aim? How will we know when we have "made sense" of life? Such questions, Evelyn Fox Keller suggests, offer no simple answers. Explanations in the biological sciences are ... see all copies from £8.81! new only from £16.03! \| first editions
6	Reflections on Gender and Science more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £6.98! first editions
7	Feminism and Science more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller (Editor), Helen E Longino (Editor) Over the past fifteen years, a new dimension to the analysis of science has emerged. Feminist theory, combined with the insights of recent developments in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science, has raised a number of new and important questions about the content, practice, and traditional goals of science. Feminists have pointed to a ... see all copies from £6.27! new only from £14.98!
8	Keywords in Evolutionary Biology more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller (Editor), Elisabeth A Lloyd (Editor) In science, more than elsewhere, a word is expected to mean what it says, nothing more, nothing less. But scientific discourse is neither different nor separable from ordinary language - meanings are multiple, ambiguities ubiquitous "Keywords in Evolutionary Biology" grapples with this problem in a field especially prone to the confusion ... see all copies from £8.62! new only from £21.14! \| first editions
9	Reflection on Gender and Science more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £2.79!
10	Reflections on Gender and Science: Tenth Anniversary Paperback Edition more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £6.27! new only from £13.03!
11	Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Science and Culture more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller "Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death" traces the development of Evelyn Fox Keller's thoughts since her book "Reflections on Gender and Science", published in 1985. The essays included here represent her attempts to integrate the insight of feminist theory with those of her contemporaries in the history and philosophy of science, those who devote ... see all copies from £5.60! first editions
12	Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender, and Science more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller "Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death" traces the development of Evelyn Fox Keller's thoughts since her book "Reflections on Gender and Science", published in 1985. The essays included here represent her attempts to integrate the insight of feminist theory with those of her contemporaries in the history and philosophy of science, those who devote ... see all copies from £11.21!
13	Lenguaje y Vida / Metaforas de La Biologia S. XX more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £23.65! new only from £23.65!
14	La Passion Du Vivant by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £34.80! new only from £34.80!
15	Le Rùle Des Mètaphores Dans Les Progrës De La Biologie by Evelyn Fox Keller see all copies from £32.71! new only from £32.71!

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