{"product_id":"junkware-thierry-bardini-9780816667512","title":"Junkware: Volume 13","description":"Are we made of junk? Thierry Bardini believes we are. Examining an array of cybernetic structures from genetic codes to communication networks, he explores the idea that most of culture and nature, including humans, is composed primarily of useless, but always potentially recyclable, material otherwise known as \"junk.\"\u003cbr\u003e Bardini unravels the presence of junk at the interface between science fictions and fictions of science, showing that molecular biology and popular culture since the early 1960s belong to the same culture-cyberculture-which is essentially a culture of junk. He draws on a wide variety of sources, including the writings of Philip K. Dick and William S. Burroughs, interviews with scientists as well as \"crackpots,\" and work in genetics, cybernetics, and physics to support his contention that junk DNA represents a blind spot in our understanding of life.\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, \u003ci\u003eJunkware\u003c\/i\u003e examines the cultural history that led to the encoding and decoding of life itself and the contemporary turning of these codes into a commodity. But he also contends that, beyond good and evil, the essential \"junkiness\" of this new subject is both the symptom and the potential cure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thierry Bardini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816667519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816667512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 4","brand":"Thierry Bardini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059859779839,"sku":"9780816667512","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a4e7340-0d4f-4b5a-98fd-01ddd54ad0fa.jpg?v=1685060739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/junkware-thierry-bardini-9780816667512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}