Sounding the limits of life : essays in the anthropology of biology and beyond /

What is life? What is water? What is sound? In Sounding the Limits of Life, anthropologist Stefan Helmreich investigates how contemporary scientists--biologists, oceanographers, and audio engineers--are redefining these crucial concepts. Life, water, and sound are phenomena at once empirical and abs...

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Main Authors: Helmreich, Stefan, 1966- (Author), Roosth, Sophia (Author), Friedner, Michele Ilana, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Princeton studies in culture and technology.
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