Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies
2nd Edition
Published on 2. November 2017
Book
Hardback
354 pages
978-1-138-69588-7 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its Second Edition, Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies presents fifteen iconic essays in science studies, rhetorical criticism, and argumentation. Integral to the launch of the Landmark Essays series and renowned for its impact on the then-nascent field of rhetoric of science, this volume returns with a revised introduction and updated contributions to the field, including the work of Leah Ceccarelli, James Wynn, Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, and Carolyn R. Miller.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Zeichnungen
3 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
810 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-69588-7 (9781138695887)
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Randy Allen Harris
Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies
Book
10/2017
2nd Edition
Routledge
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Previous edition
Book
02/1997
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
€178.27
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Person
Randy Allen Harris is Professor of English at the University of Waterloo, specializing in cognitive and computational issues of Rhetoric and Linguistics. His books include The Linguistic Wars (1995, 2018), Voice Interaction Design (2004), Rhetoric and Incommensurability (2005), Literature, Rhetoric, and Values (2012), and Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Theories, Themes, and Methods (forthcoming at Routledge).
Content
Table of contents
Introduction
Giants in Science
1. John Angus Campbell Charles Darwin: Rhetorician of Science
2. Alan G. Gross On the Shoulders of Giants: Seventeenth-Century Optics as an Argument Field
3. S. Michael Halloran The Birth of Molecular Biology: An Essay in the Rhetorical Criticism of Scientific Discourse
4. James Wynn Alone in the Garden: How Gregor Mendel's inattention to audience may have affected the reception of his theory of inheritance in Experiments in Plant Hybridization
Conflict in Science
5. Jeanne Fahnestock Arguing in Different Forums: The Bering Crossover Controversy
6. John Lyne and Henry F. Howe Punctuated Equilibria": Rhetorical Dynamics of a Scientific Controversy
7. Lawrence J. Prelli The Rhetorical Construction of Scientific Ethos
8. Leah Ceccarelli Manufactured Scientific Controversy: Science, Rhetoric, and Public Debate
Public Science
9. Richard M. Weaver Dialectic and Rhetoric at Dayton, Tennessee
10. Craig Waddell The Role of Pathos in the Decision-Making Process: A Study in the Rhetoric of Science Policy
11. Carol Reeves Owning a Virus: The Rhetoric of Scientific Discovery Accounts
12. Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher [formerly Kelly] and Carolyn R. Miller Intersections: Scientific and Parascientific Communication on the Internet
Writing Science
13. Charles Bazerman Reporting the Experiment: The Changing Account of Scientific Doings in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1665-1800
14. Greg Myers Text as Knowledge Claims: The Social Construction of Two Biology Articles
15. Michelle Sidler The Chemistry Liveblogging Event
Introduction
Giants in Science
1. John Angus Campbell Charles Darwin: Rhetorician of Science
2. Alan G. Gross On the Shoulders of Giants: Seventeenth-Century Optics as an Argument Field
3. S. Michael Halloran The Birth of Molecular Biology: An Essay in the Rhetorical Criticism of Scientific Discourse
4. James Wynn Alone in the Garden: How Gregor Mendel's inattention to audience may have affected the reception of his theory of inheritance in Experiments in Plant Hybridization
Conflict in Science
5. Jeanne Fahnestock Arguing in Different Forums: The Bering Crossover Controversy
6. John Lyne and Henry F. Howe Punctuated Equilibria": Rhetorical Dynamics of a Scientific Controversy
7. Lawrence J. Prelli The Rhetorical Construction of Scientific Ethos
8. Leah Ceccarelli Manufactured Scientific Controversy: Science, Rhetoric, and Public Debate
Public Science
9. Richard M. Weaver Dialectic and Rhetoric at Dayton, Tennessee
10. Craig Waddell The Role of Pathos in the Decision-Making Process: A Study in the Rhetoric of Science Policy
11. Carol Reeves Owning a Virus: The Rhetoric of Scientific Discovery Accounts
12. Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher [formerly Kelly] and Carolyn R. Miller Intersections: Scientific and Parascientific Communication on the Internet
Writing Science
13. Charles Bazerman Reporting the Experiment: The Changing Account of Scientific Doings in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1665-1800
14. Greg Myers Text as Knowledge Claims: The Social Construction of Two Biology Articles
15. Michelle Sidler The Chemistry Liveblogging Event