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Biology as ideology: the doctrine of DNA
New York, NY: HarperPerennial (1991)
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Following in the fashion of Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Medawar, one of the world's leading scientists examines how "pure science" is in fact shaped and guided by social and political needs and assumptions.
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