Shaping Science With Rhetoric

Author : Leah Ceccarelli
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 0226099067

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Shaping Science with Rhetoric by Leah Ceccarelli Pdf

In considering how scientists persuade colleagues to cross the disciplinary divide, this text examines three scientific monographs in their historical contexts: Dodzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937); Schrodinger's What is Life? (1944); and Wilson's Consilience (1998).

Author : Leah Ceccarelli
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226099088

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Shaping Science with Rhetoric by Leah Ceccarelli Pdf

How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs? Why do some attempts to inspire such research win widespread acclaim and support, while others do not? In Shaping Science with Rhetoric, Leah Ceccarelli addresses such questions through close readings of three scientific monographs in their historical contexts—Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), which inspired the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary biology; Erwin Schrödinger's What Is Life? (1944), which catalyzed the field of molecular biology; and Edward O. Wilson's Consilience (1998), a so far not entirely successful attempt to unite the social and biological sciences. She examines the rhetorical strategies used in each book and evaluates which worked best, based on the reviews and scientific papers that followed in their wake. Ceccarelli's work will be important for anyone interested in how interdisciplinary fields are formed, from historians and rhetoricians of science to scientists themselves.

Author : Charles Bazerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015014204161

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Shaping Written Knowledge by Charles Bazerman Pdf

The forms taken by scientific writing help to determine the very nature of science itself. In this closely reasoned study, Charles Bazerman views the changing forms of scientific writing as solutions to rhetorical problems faced by scientists arguing for their findings. Examining such works as the early Philosophical Transactions and Newton's optical writings as well as Physical Review, Bazerman views the changing forms of scientific writing as solutions to rhetorical problems faced by scientists. The rhetoric of science is, Bazerman demonstrates, an embedded part of scientific activity that interacts with other parts of scientific activity, including social structure and empirical experience. This book presents a comprehensive historical account of the rise and development of the genre, and views these forms in relation to empirical experience.

Author : Alan G. Gross,Laura J. Gurak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000149784

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The State of Rhetoric of Science and Technology by Alan G. Gross,Laura J. Gurak Pdf

The ubiquity of the Internet and digital technology has changed the sites of rhetorical discourse and inquiry, as well as the methods by which such analyses are performed. This special issue discusses the state of rhetoric of science and technology at the beginning of the twenty-first century. While many books connecting rhetorical theory to the Internet have paved the way for more refined and insightful studies of online communication, the articles here serve as a reflective moment, an opportunity to consider thoughtful statements from those who have published and been influential in the field.

Author : Henry Krips,J. E. McGuire,Trevor Melia
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780822970415

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Science, Reason, and Rhetoric by Henry Krips,J. E. McGuire,Trevor Melia Pdf

This volume marks a unique collaboration by internationally distinguished scholars in the history, rhetoric, philosophy, and sociology of science. Converging on the central issues of rhetoric of science, the essays focus on figures such as Galileo, Harvey, Darwin, von Neumann; and on issues such as the debate over cold fusion or the continental drift controversy. Their vitality attests to the burgeoning interest in the rhetoric of science.

Author : Charles Kostelnick,Michael Hassett
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 0809325020

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Shaping Information by Charles Kostelnick,Michael Hassett Pdf

In this wide-ranging analysis, Charles Kostelnick and Michael Hassett demonstrate how visual language in professional communication--text design, data displays, illustrations--is shaped by conventional practices that are invented, codified, and modified by users in visual discourse communities.

Author : Lawrence J. Prelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:69400685

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Rhetoric of Science by Lawrence J. Prelli Pdf

Author : Jeanne Fahnestock
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Figures of speech
ISBN : 9780195165425

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Rhetorical Figures in Science by Jeanne Fahnestock Pdf

Rhetorical Figures in Science breaks new ground in the rhetorical study of scientific argument as the first book to demonstrate how figures of speech other than metaphor have been used to accomplish key conceptual moves in scientific texts. Examples, both verbal and visual, range across disciplines and centuries to reaffirm the positive value of these once widely-taught devices.

Author : Michael J Zerbe
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780809387441

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Composition and the Rhetoric of Science by Michael J Zerbe Pdf

Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse calls for instructors of first-year writing courses to employ primary scientific discourse in their teaching and for rhetoricians of science to think about teaching scientific discourse as a literacy skill. Author Michael J. Zerbe argues that inclusion of scientific discourse is crucial because of this rhetoric’s status as the dominant discourse in western culture. The volume draws on Lyotard, Žižek, Foucault, and Althusser to argue that while important theorists such as these have recognized the dominance of scientific discourse, rhetoric and composition has not—to its detriment. The textillustrates that scientific discourse remains a miniscule part of the enterprise of rhetoric and composition and thus the field is not fulfilling its mission of providing students with the writing and reading skills they need to live and work in a science- and technology-dependent society. Zerbe provides an analysis of science popularizations and demonstrates how these works can be used to contextualize primary scientific research. He also presents three pedagogical scenarios, each built around a carefully chosen, accessible example of scientific discourse, that demonstrate how articles from scientific journals can be used in writing courses. Only by gaining a meaningful fluency in this discourse—one that is not offered by science textbooks—can a more sophisticated scientific literacy be assured. Composition and the Rhetoric of Science effectively explores the relatively limited amount of work done in rhetoric and composition on scientific discourse and questions this state of affairs. Zerbe presents for the first time cultural studies and science literacy as gateways for incorporating scientific discourse into first-year writing courses.

Author : Lisa Keränen
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780817317041

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Scientific Characters by Lisa Keränen Pdf

Scientific Characters chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: "Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade." Moving back and forth between news coverage, medical journals, letters to the editor, and oncology pamphlets, Lisa Keränen draws insights from rhetoric, literary studies, sociology, and science studies to analyze the roles of character in shaping the outcomes of the "Datagate" controversy.

Author : Marcello Pera,William R. Shea
Publisher : Science History Publications/USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015021483618

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Persuading Science by Marcello Pera,William R. Shea Pdf

Author : Charles Alan Taylor
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Case studies
ISBN : 0299150348

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Defining Science by Charles Alan Taylor Pdf

The author (speech communication, Indiana U.) divides the subject into six chapters on the rhetorical ecology of science; philosophical perspectives--of propositions, procedures and politics; historical and social studies of science; demarcating science rhetorically; science and creation science; and cold fusion. In his discussion of cold fusion, he describes it not as a case study in how "nonscientific behavior sullied the public ethos of real science," but rather as a case that serves to "alert us to the inescapably human dimensions of real science so that we might appreciate its strengths without wishing away its imperfections." The bibliography is extensive. For scholars in the field. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ryan J. Stark
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813215785

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Rhetoric, Science, and Magic in Seventeenth-century England by Ryan J. Stark Pdf

Ryan J. Stark presents a spiritually sensitive, interdisciplinary, and original discussion of early modern English rhetoric. He shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language

Author : Mary-Louise Kearney
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 1571812482

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Women, Power, and the Academy by Mary-Louise Kearney Pdf

Many nations affirm the principle of gender equality. As women continue to advance in most walks of life, the impression that equality has been reached and that gender issues no longer pose real problems has naturally gained ground. Yet, many cultural, economic, and social barriers remain. Although as many women as men possess the skills necessary to shape social and economic development, women are still prevented from fully participating in decision-making processes. The papers collected in this volume focus on universities as one of the key institutions providing women with the education and leadership skills necessary for their advancement. Equally important is the role universities play in the shaping of a society's cultural fabric and, consequently, of attitudes towards women and their place in society. Both aspects are examined in this volume on the basis of a number of case studies carried out in western and non-western societies.

Author : James Jasinski
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0761905049

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Sourcebook on Rhetoric by James Jasinski Pdf

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