Genetic Codes Of Culture

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Genetic Codes Of Culture

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Author : William R. Schultz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-19

Genetic Codes Of Culture written by William R. Schultz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-19 with Literary Criticism categories.

In this text, first published in 1994, the author examines the interdisciplinary significance of the theory of science, literature and philosophy according to the figures who achieved prominence in those fields - Kuhn, Bloom and Derrida. Each scholar's theory is discussed in terms of its major concepts, and the book then relates their fields within the context of deconstruction's interdisciplinary movement. This title will be of interest to students of literature and philosophy.

Code Biology

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Author : Marcello Barbieri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Code Biology written by Marcello Barbieri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.

The genetic code appeared on Earth at the origin of life, and the codes of culture arrived almost four billion years later. For a long time it has been assumed that these are the only codes that exist in Nature, and if that were true we would have to conclude that codes are extraordinary exceptions that appeared only at the beginning and at the end of the history of life. In reality, various other organic codes have been discovered in the past few decades and it is likely that more will come to light in the future. The existence of many organic codes in Nature is therefore an experimental fact, but also more than that. It is one of those facts that have extraordinary implications. In this book it is shown that the genetic code was a precondition for the origin of the first cells, the signal transduction codes divided the first cells into three primary kingdoms (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya), the splicing codes were instrumental to the origin of the eukaryotic nucleus, the histone code provided a new regulation system in eukaryotic genomes, and the cytoskeleton codes allowed the Eukarya to perform internal movements, including those of mitosis and meiosis. It is shown, furthermore, that organic codes had a key role in multicellular life, in particular in the origin of animals, the origin of mind and the origin of language. The great events of macroevolution, in other words, were associated with the appearance of new organic codes, and we can easily understand why. The reason is that a new code brings into existence something that has never existed before because it creates arbitrary associations, relationships that are not determined by physical necessity. Another outstanding implication is the fact that codes involve meaning and we need therefore to introduce in biology, with the standard methods of science, not only the concept of biological information but also that of biological meaning. The research on biological codes, in conclusion, is bringing to light new mechanisms in evolution and new fundamental concepts in science. This research is the field of Code Biology, the study of all codes of life, from the genetic code to the codes of culture, from the origin of life to the origin of man.

Mixed Messages

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Author : Robert A. Paul
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-04-24

Mixed Messages written by Robert A. Paul and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-24 with Social Science categories.

As social and symbolic animals—animals with language and systems of signs—humans are informed by two different kinds of heritage, one biological, the other cultural. Scholars have tended to study our genetic and symbolic lineages separately, but in recent years some have begun to explore them together, offering a “dual inheritance theory.” In this book, Robert A. Paul offers an entirely new and original consideration of our dual inheritance to date, going deep inside an extensive ethnographic record to outline a fascinating relationship between our genetic codes and symbolic systems. Examining a wide array of cultures, Paul reveals how the inherent tensions between these two modes of transmission generate many of the features of human society, such as marriage rules, initiation rituals, gender asymmetry, and sexual symbolism. Exploring differences in the requirements, range, and agendas of genetic and symbolic reproduction, he shows that a properly conceived dual inheritance model does a better job of accounting for the distinctive character of actual human societies than either evolutionary or socio-cultural construction theories can do alone. Ultimately this book offers a powerful call for a synthesis of the traditions inspired by Darwin, Durkheim, and Freud—one that is critically necessary if we are to advance our understanding of human social life.

In The Light Of Evolution

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Author : National Academy of Sciences
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

In The Light Of Evolution written by National Academy of Sciences and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Science categories.

The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.

Human Natures

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Author : Paul R. Ehrlich
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2001-12-31

Human Natures written by Paul R. Ehrlich and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-31 with Science categories.

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us...at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much result of genetic coding; rather, it is heavily influenced by cultural conditioning and environmental factors. With personal anecdotes, a well-written narrative, and clear examples, Human Natures is a major work of synthesis and scholarship as well as a valuable primer on genetics and evolution that makes complex scientific concepts accessible to lay readers.

Genes Mind And Culture The Coevolutionary Process 25th Anniversary Edition

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Author : Charles J Lumsden
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2005-08-11

Genes Mind And Culture The Coevolutionary Process 25th Anniversary Edition written by Charles J Lumsden and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-11 with Science categories.

Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, Genes, Mind, and Culture introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of their original work, together with a major review of progress in the discipline during the ensuing quarter century. They argue compellingly that human nature is neither arbitrary nor predetermined, and identify mechanisms that energize the upward translation from genes to culture. The authors also assess the properties of genetic evolution of mind within emergent cultural patterns. Lumsden and Wilson explore the rich and sophisticated data of developmental psychology and cognitive science in a fashion that, for the first time, aligns these disciplines with human sociobiology. The authors also draw on population genetics, cultural anthropology, and mathematical physics to set human sociobiology on a predictive base, and so trace the main steps that lead from the genes through human consciousness to culture.

The Codes Of Life

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Author : Marcello Barbieri
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-10-26

The Codes Of Life written by Marcello Barbieri and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-26 with Science categories.

Building on a range of disciplines – from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics – this book draws on the expertise of leading names in the study of organic, mental and cultural codes brought together by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics. The volume represents the first multi-authored attempt to deal with the range of codes relevant to life, and to reveal the ubiquitous role of coding mechanisms in both organic and mental evolution.

Who Wrote The Book Of Life

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Author : Lily E. Kay
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2000

Who Wrote The Book Of Life written by Lily E. Kay and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Science categories.

This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Drawing on archives, published sources, and interviews, the author situates work on the genetic code (1953-70) within the history of life science, the rise of communication technosciences (cybernetics, information theory, and computers), the intersection of molecular biology with cryptanalysis and linguistics, and the social history of postwar Europe and the United States. Kay draws out the historical specificity in the process by which the central biological problem of DNA-based protein synthesis came to be metaphorically represented as an information code and a writing technology—and consequently as a “book of life.” This molecular writing and reading is part of the cultural production of the Nuclear Age, its power amplified by the centuries-old theistic resonance of the “book of life” metaphor. Yet, as the author points out, these are just metaphors: analogies, not ontologies. Necessary and productive as they have been, they have their epistemological limitations. Deploying analyses of language, cryptology, and information theory, the author persuasively argues that, technically speaking, the genetic code is not a code, DNA is not a language, and the genome is not an information system (objections voiced by experts as early as the 1950s). Thus her historical reconstruction and analyses also serve as a critique of the new genomic biopower. Genomic textuality has become a fact of life, a metaphor literalized, she claims, as human genome projects promise new levels of control over life through the meta-level of information: control of the word (the DNA sequences) and its editing and rewriting. But the author shows how the humbling limits of these scriptural metaphors also pose a challenge to the textual and material mastery of the genomic “book of life.”

Historico Genetic Theory Of Culture

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Author : Günter Dux
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2014-03-31

Historico Genetic Theory Of Culture written by Günter Dux and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with Social Science categories.

The book focuses on the modern understanding of human life-forms as constructs that followed an evolutionary history. The author thus finds science confronted with two questions: firstly, how the transgression of the virtual threshold between natural and cultural history was possible, secondly, how the socio-cultural constructs were able to develop in the course of history the way they did. The discussion concentrates on the problem of determining a processual logic in the development of societal structures as well as in the development of cognition. The focus of attention is the historico-genetic reconstruction of cognition. The book was originally published in German as »Historisch-genetische Theorie der Kultur« (Weilerswist 2000: Velbrück).

Brand Dna

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Author : Suzanne Tulien
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2010-05-06

Brand Dna written by Suzanne Tulien and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-06 with Business & Economics categories.

Simplified branding. Whether youre a start-up or a seasoned entrepreneur, this step-by-step, brand-defining methodology guides you and your employee teams toward uncovering your brands unique genetic code; your Dimensional Nucleic Assets, from the inside out. Once defined, your business begins its transformation as it gets highly focused and infuses your brand DNA into your systems, leadership and culture, then through your promotional efforts. Brand DNA will help you establish a foundation for success by defining your distinguishing brand attributes: VALUES, STYLE, DIFFERENTIATORS, and STANDARDS upon which to create competitive advantage and build your authentic brand. It is the foundation that enables you to: Cultivate a unified, inspired, and engaged employee culture that supports your brand 100% and shares common core values and performance standards Create consistent brand experiences that win customers for life Adapt your business strategy and set the rules for doing business Establish the basis for brand awareness by leveraging your distinctive brand attributes through the behaviors of your employees Create long term growth and sustainability for your business Leverage your brand DNA attributes within your external marketing efforts, social media, and PR to create distinction and competitive advantage