On 7/1/07, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2) The gene concept has enormous power as a metaphor. An excellent not-too-technical presentation of this idea is in Evelyn Keller's "The Century of the Gene" where the author (who is a physicist turned feminist-historian of biology) traces the history of the gene metaphor through the 20'th century and argues for retiring the term altogether because it has outlived its usefulness.
it's a perfect metaphor for the reductionist perspective. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
