N. Katherine Hayles: The Chemist Who Rewrote the Human
Picture a chemistry lab in Southern California in 1968. Beckman Instruments, Fullerton. Fluorescent light on stainless steel. A young woman in a white coat runs analyses for a company that builds the…
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