{"product_id":"the-gene-from-genetics-to-postgenomics-9780226510002","title":"The Gene: From Genetics to Postgenomics","description":"Few concepts played a more important role in twentieth-century life sciences than that of the gene. Yet at this moment, the field of genetics is undergoing radical conceptual transformation, and some scientists are questioning the very usefulness of the concept of the gene, arguing instead for more systemic perspectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The time could not be better, therefore, for Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Staffan Müller-Wille's magisterial history of the concept of the gene. Though the gene has long been the central organizing theme of biology, both conceptually and as an object of study, Rheinberger and Müller-Wille conclude that we have never even had a universally accepted, stable definition of it. Rather, the concept has been in continual flux-a state that, they contend, is typical of historically important and productive scientific concepts. It is that very openness to change and manipulation, the authors argue, that made it so useful: its very mutability enabled it to be useful while the technologies and approaches used to study and theorize about it changed dramatically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans-Jörg Rheinberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226510002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans-Jörg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRheinberger \u003c\/b\u003eis emeritus director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. \u003cb\u003eStaffan Müller-Wille\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor and codirector of the Egenis Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences at the University of Exeter. \u003cb\u003eAdam Bostanci\u003c\/b\u003e is a science writer and academic researcher who is currently a senior research fellow at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812949782643,"sku":"9780226510002","price":51.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_17647884-d04b-4122-8a7f-cddb2d37d585.jpg?v=1776777462","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-gene-from-genetics-to-postgenomics-9780226510002","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}