Green Light : Toward an Art of Evolution.
George. Gessert
Bok Engelsk 20100401 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge, MA, USA : MIT Press , 20100401
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (260 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Publication History -- Introduction -- 1 Divine Plants and Magical Animals -- 2 Aesthetic Effects of Domestication -- 3 The Rainforests of Domestication -- 4 The Rise of Ornamental Plants -- 5 Darwin's Sublime -- 6 Playing God -- 7 Standards of Excellence -- 8 Doubles -- 9 Kitsch Plants -- 10 Bastard Flowers, Genetic Goofies, and Freud's Bow Wows -- 11 Biotechnology in the Garden -- 12 Recent Art Involving DNA -- 13 Naming Life -- 14 Anthropocentrism and Genetic Art -- 15 The Angel of Extinction -- 16 Seven Breeding Complexes -- 17 The Slowest Art -- 18 Breeding for Wildness -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Notes -- Index.. - How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants.. - Y
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| ISBN | 0-262-01414-9
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