genocentrism

Book Review: Programming Evolution: A Crack in Science

Giuseppe Longo reviews the book “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” by Nobel Prize winner, Jennifer Doudna, and Samuel Sternberg Abstract: Nobel Prize winner, Jennifer Doudna, and Samuel Sternberg survey recent advances in a pioneering area of …

… read more

Geocentrism vs genocentrism: theories without metaphors, metaphors without theories

by Giuseppe Longo and Matteo Mossio Published in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews ABSTRACT Through the comparison between two major, long-lasting theoretical frameworks – geocentrism and genocentrism – we discuss the different epistemological role played by metaphors in physics and biology. Throughout its history, physics developed …

… read more