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Alien Ocean : Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas by Helmreich, Stefan is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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"Since I first read, and then taught, Helmreich's extraordinary essay on alien kinship and the biopolitics of gene transfer in marine biology and biotechnology in 2003, I have been swimming eagerly in his alien oceans, waiting for this book, eager to feast. A multi-sited and deeply sounded ethnography of ocean microbiologists and their subvisible critters, <i>Alien Ocean</i> dunks the reader in seas of blue-green capital and rampant globalizing viral traders in gene currency. Tangled in sentimen

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Helmreich, Stefan
Publisher
University of California Press
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780520942608
Category
biography
Subjects
Anthropology, Science, Science & Technology
Rating
3.95 / 5 (62 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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