The Rhetoric of Science

Alan Gross

    Part I. The Relation of Rhetoric to Science

    1. Rhetorical Analysis

    2. Analogy in Science

    3. Taxonomic Language

    4. The Tale of DNA

    Part II. Style, Arrangement, and Invention in Science

    5. Style in Biological Prose

    6. The Arrangement of the Scientific Paper

    7. Copernicus and Revolutionary Model Building

    8. Newton's Rhetorical Conversion

    9. Peer Review and Scientific Knowledge

    10. The Origin of The Origin

    Part III. Science and Society

    11. The Emergence of a Social Norm

    12. The Social Drama of Recombinant DNA

    Epilogue: Reference without Reality

    Notes

    References

    Index

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Alan G. Gross is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.