Genetics and Literature

Vanderbilt University – Spring, 2009
 
 

Inherited, Engineered, or Chosen: Attitude in Cloud Atlas

• April 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Cloud Atlas, Stem cell research
Tags: attitude and old age, David Mitchell, twins


Survival and Memory in “Sloosha’s Crossin’”

• April 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Cloud Atlas, Evolution
Tags: Cloud Atlas, cultural memory, David Mitchell, meronymy, survival


Evolution or Causation?

• April 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Cloud Atlas, Evolution
Tags: causation, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, individuality, Kant, modernism, narrative conventions, purposeless purpose, reincarnation, Tom Bissel


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  • Overview
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  • Syllabus (2009)

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