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Life: A Modern Invention
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Life: A Modern Invention

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The word biology was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates in his reconstruction of the genealogy of the concept of life, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Focusing on the histories of philosophy, science, and biopolitics, he contends that biologic

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Country
United States
Date
2 January 2018
Pages
248
ISBN
9780816691593

The word biology was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates in his reconstruction of the genealogy of the concept of life, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Focusing on the histories of philosophy, science, and biopolitics, he contends that biologic

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Country
United States
Date
2 January 2018
Pages
248
ISBN
9780816691593