Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 An Explanation of the Processes of Molecular Biology Used As Objects of Analysis in this Text -- Chapter 2 An Explanation of the Principles of Narrative Theory Used as Analytical Tools in this Text -- Chapter 3 Reassessing Molecular Biology in the Context of Advancing a Narrative Analysis -- Chapter 4 Narratology and Scientific Rhetoric: Towards a Semiotics of Scientific Discovery -- Chapter 5 Historical and Sociological Frameworks from Narrative and Semiotic Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Bibliography -- Index.