the age of everything: how science explores the past

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... sense of humour: the information฀demands฀in฀genomics฀are฀staggering. The genome฀contains฀two฀kinds of digital฀information,฀one฀that฀encodes the protein฀and฀RNA฀‘molecular฀machines of life’,฀and the other฀being the regulatory฀networks฀that฀specify how these฀genes฀are฀expressed฀in฀time,฀space฀and฀amplitude.฀DNA฀information฀is฀layered฀and฀arranged฀in฀a฀hierarchy,฀starting฀with the gene,฀then฀ the RNA,฀ then฀ the protein,฀ then฀ the protein฀ interactions,฀ then฀ the protein฀complexes,฀then the networks of protein฀complexes฀ in฀a฀ cell,฀then฀ the tissues฀ and฀organs,฀then the individual฀organism,฀followed฀by฀populations฀and the ecosystems฀in฀which฀they฀live.฀In฀this฀kind of discovery science, ฀mastering฀such฀vast฀quantities of information฀to฀answer฀important฀questions฀is฀a฀skill฀and฀an฀art.And the hardware? The first฀automated฀sequencing฀machine฀took฀a฀day,฀in฀1986,฀to฀sequence฀250 of the three฀billion฀base฀pairs.฀It฀took the human฀genome฀project฀ten฀years฀to฀sequence the human฀genome,฀two฀years฀shorter฀than฀predicted;฀and the private฀company฀Celera฀with฀its฀so-called฀shotgun฀approach฀took฀less฀than the public฀consortium’s฀ ... was฀preserved฀in฀Arabic฀manuscripts’฀(Lewontin฀1995:฀148).฀There฀is฀no฀question฀that the libraries of Alexandria฀were฀central฀to the city฀and฀ the broad฀region฀including฀what฀today฀is the Middle-East,฀North฀Africa฀and฀much of Central฀and฀Western฀Europe;฀that฀they฀were฀not the only฀ones฀to฀exist฀but฀were฀part฀ of a฀larger฀set of institutions฀to฀emerge฀from the concatenations of cultural,฀scholarly฀and฀other฀areas of learning฀and฀application of what฀were฀then the advanced฀societies฀ of this฀part of the world. The agency of their฀ruin฀is฀not฀so฀certain,฀neither฀is฀it฀clear฀what฀it฀was฀in฀volume฀and฀substance฀ ... Or,฀perhaps,฀it฀related฀to฀trading฀with฀neighbours,฀or,฀more฀on฀a฀deeply฀existential฀level,฀observing the astronomical,฀with,฀as฀Georges฀Ifrah฀puts฀it฀so฀beautifully฀in the Universal฀history of numbers,฀a฀fascination฀with the regularity of the phases of the moon, the eternal฀return of day฀and฀night, the cycle of the seasons’฀or,฀we฀might฀add,฀given the context, the elliptical฀phases of the tides of great฀and฀marvellous฀oceans฀(Ifrah฀2000:฀xvi).In the history of counting, the San฀and฀Khoi฀perhaps฀joined฀other฀human฀beings฀and,฀in฀observing฀that฀birds฀have฀two฀wings,฀animals฀four฀legs,฀and฀they฀ten฀fingers฀to฀their฀hands฀and฀ten฀toes฀to฀their฀feet,฀developed฀a฀numbering฀system฀using฀their฀fingers฀or฀toes฀as the base฀ten, the most฀common฀type of counting฀found฀among฀earlier฀peoples.฀Or฀perhaps฀they฀joined the Mayans,฀Aztecs,฀Celts฀and฀Basques฀who฀looked฀down฀at฀their฀feet฀and฀realised฀that฀their฀toes฀could฀be฀counted฀like฀fingers฀and฀chose the much฀more฀unusual฀arithmetic฀base of 20.SCI...

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