{"product_id":"secrets-of-life-secrets-of-death-essays-on-language-gender-and-science-by-evelyn-fox-keller","title":"'Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender and Science' by Evelyn Fox Keller","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-5\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-5\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-5\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-46\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d3ed7b58-525c-4432-844f-31736d29535b\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"721\"\u003eTrained as a physicist and later a historian and philosopher of science, Evelyn Fox Keller writes from inside scientific practice, refusing to separate it from ideology.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"721\"\u003eThese essays examine how metaphors of secrecy, penetration, mastery, objectivity and creation shape the questions science asks—and the stories it tells about its discoveries. Moving between molecular biology, nuclear physics and debates within feminist theory, Keller argues that language is not decorative wrapping around neutral knowledge: it helps determine what can be seen, imagined and pursued. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"1345\"\u003ePublished in 1992, the collection captures feminist science studies at a particularly fertile point, when criticism of masculine authority was becoming more attentive to the internal complexity of science itself. Keller resists the easy claim that objectivity is merely male and therefore disposable; her more difficult question is how scientific knowledge might remain rigorous while becoming conscious of its histories, metaphors and exclusions. A strong book for readers interested in feminism, epistemology, the politics of scientific language and the strange intimacy between discovering life and manufacturing death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1488\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition. Routledge, 1992 paperback. Very good condition with light rubbing and minor shelf wear to the covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45850236747859,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-22T102219.692.png?v=1784679761","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/secrets-of-life-secrets-of-death-essays-on-language-gender-and-science-by-evelyn-fox-keller","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}