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03/26/13
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Start time:
3:30 PM
End time:
4:30 PM
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| Title
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Humanities Symposia
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| Sponsored By |
Department of Language and Humanities
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| Location |
Wells Theater |
| Summary |
Scientists Use Rhetoric and Metaphors, Too: The Metaphoric Roots of Molecular Biology |
| Description |
For centuries two metaphors competed in Western thought about the nature of life. In three 1943 lectures, Erwin Schrodinger rhetorically transformed these competing metaphors into one coherent metaphor system. This system generated the conceptual and rhetorical basis for molecular biology's rapid development through the 1970s, including Watson & Crick's work and recombinant DNA. In this way, Schrodinger illustrated the importance of rhetoric and metaphor in science.
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| Who can attend:
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| Main Campus Students |
| SPS Students |
| Faculty |
| Staff |
| Public |
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