biological reductionism Quick reference
A Dictionary of Sociology (4 ed.)
...for crime —as being biologically determined, by claiming that groups have different biological capacities or evolutionary trajectories. The theories of Social Darwinism , eugenics , and sociobiology often involve biological reductionism. A recognition of the importance of biological conditions and human nature need not involve biological reductionism. See also ardrey...
biological reductionism
Feminist Scholarship Reference library
Yvonne Sherwood
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
...the point that the interests, ideas, and beliefs of this alleged universal—man—do not represent their own interests, ideas, or beliefs, and that reading themselves into ‘mankind’ involves a dangerous kind of self-forgetfulness (or self-abnegation). 2. Sex is a biological given at birth, but gender (the templates we have in our minds of what it means to be ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’) is something we learn from culture. The roles are not equally distributed: as Simone de Beauvoir famously put it in The Second Sex, Woman is defined and differentiated...
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Daven Christopher Chamberlain
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...applied in papermaking. Processing of raw plant matter follows a similar path, except that the unwanted constituents need to be dissolved rather than washed away. Strong alkali or acid is used as a chemical treatment, sometimes following a retting (or soaking) stage in which biological pre-treatment softens the fibres. Again, bleaching may follow before the pulp is ready for use. Plant or textile fibres prepared in this way are still not suitable for papermaking; they need mechanical treatment to separate the individual fibres, modify their length, alter...
biological simplification
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reduction Quick reference
A Dictionary of Genetics (8 ed.)
... classically defined as the addition of hydrogen or electrons. Most biological reductions involve hydrogenations, and hydrogen transfer reactions are usually mediated by NADPH. In cases involving electron transfer, cytochromes ( q.v. ) are reduced. See nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate , oxidation...
quinone Quick reference
A Dictionary of Genetics (8 ed.)
...a compound belonging to a class of molecules that function in biological oxidation-reduction systems. Among their other functions quinones play an essential role in the light-dependent reactions of...
biological simplification Quick reference
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (3 ed.)
... simplification The reduction of biodiversity that results from altering the environment in ways that favour certain species over others, either directly (through management) or indirectly (for example, through...
