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Shaping Science with Rhetoric

2010-11-15 Science
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Book Synopsis Shaping Science with Rhetoric by : Leah Ceccarelli

Download or read book Shaping Science with Rhetoric written by Leah Ceccarelli. This book was released on 2010-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Rhetoric of Science

1989 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 1989
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis A Rhetoric of Science by : Lawrence J. Prelli

Download or read book A Rhetoric of Science written by Lawrence J. Prelli. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series in Studies in Rhetoric and Communication, this book casts a fresh light on the process by which scientific claims are validated. If scientists cannot justify their claims in positivistic terms, how can a scientific claim be legitimatized?

The Rhetoric of Science

1996 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 1996
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Book Synopsis The Rhetoric of Science by : Alan G. Gross

Download or read book The Rhetoric of Science written by Alan G. Gross. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Gross applies the principles of rhetoric to the interpretation of classical and contemporary scientific texts to show how they persuade both author and audience. This invigorating consideration of the ways in which scientists--from Copernicus to Darwin to Newton to James Watson--establish authority and convince one another and us of the truth they describe may very well lead to a remodeling of our understanding of science and its place in society.

The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences

1987 Education
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Release : 1987
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences by : John S. Nelson

Download or read book The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences written by John S. Nelson. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening with an overview of the renewal of interest in rhetoric for inquiries of all kinds, this volume addresses rhetoric in individual disciplines - mathematics, anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, political science and history. Drawing from recent literary theory, it suggests the contribution of the humanities to the rhetoric of inquiry and explores communications beyond the academy, particulary in women's issues, religion and law. The final essays speak from the field of communication studies, where the study of rhetoric usually makes its home.

Defining Science

1996 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 1996
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Book Synopsis Defining Science by : Charles Alan Taylor

Download or read book Defining Science written by Charles Alan Taylor. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

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