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Biology in the Grid - Graphic Design and the Envisioning of Life (Paperback)
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Biology in the Grid - Graphic Design and the Envisioning of Life (Paperback)
Series: Posthumanities
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How grids paved the way for our biological understanding of
organisms As one of the most visual sciences, biology has an
aesthetic dimension that lends force and persuasion to scientific
arguments: how things are arranged on a page, how texts are
interspersed with images, and how images are composed reflect
deep-seated beliefs about how life exists on Earth. Biology in the
Grid traces how our current understanding of life and genetics
emerged from the pervasive nineteenth- and twentieth-century
graphic form of the grid, which allowed disparate pieces of
information to form what media theorist Vilem Flusser called
"technical images." Phillip Thurtle explains how the grid came to
dominate biology in the twentieth century, transforming biologists'
beliefs about how organisms were constructed. He demonstrates how
this shift in our understanding of biological grids enabled new
philosophies in endeavors such as advertising, entertainment, and
even political theory. The implications of the arguments in Biology
in the Grid are profound, touching on matters as fundamental as
desire, our understanding of our bodies, and our view of how
society is composed. Moreover, Thurtle's beautifully written,
tightly focused arguments allow readers to apply his claims to new
disciplines and systems. Bristling with insight and potential,
Biology in the Grid ultimately suggests that such a grid-organized
understanding of natural life inevitably has social and political
dimensions, with society recognized as being made of
interchangeable, regulated parts rather than as an organic whole.
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