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Is the Genetic Code Bourgeois?

• March 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Darwin, Double Helix, Evolution, Gender, Genetic determinism, Gold Bug Variations
Tags: bourgeois, heteronormativity, richard powers, The Gold Bug Variations

Children: Experiment and Exploration in The Gold Bug Variations

• March 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Double Helix, Gold Bug Variations, Science and humanities
Tags: childhood, children, experimentation, genetics, gold bug variations, jay clayton, linguistics, literary allusion, richard powers, yeats

Race, Genetics, and Intelligence

• April 14, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Double Helix
Tags: race and genetics, Watson and race

Discussion of James Watson and Competition in Science

• February 26, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in Double Helix, Ethics of science
Tags: competition in science, Watson and Crick