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English 379 Rhetoric of Science

Suggested Texts:

  • Andrews, Deborah. Technical Communication in the Global Community . 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • Bazerman, Charles. The Languages of Edison’s Light . MIT Press, 2002.
  • Ceccarelli, Leah. Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson . Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2001.
  • Gregory, Jane, and Steve Miller. Science in Public: Communication, Culture, and Credibility . New York: Plenum Trade, 1998.
  • Hancock, Elise. Ideas into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2003.
  • Harris, Randy Allen, ed. Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
  • Herndl, Carl. “Understanding Failures in Organizational Discourse: The Accident at Three Mile Island and the Shuttle Challenger Disaster.” In C. Bazerman and J. Paradis, eds. Textual Dynamics of the Professions. U of Wisconsin Press, 1991.
  • Krieghbaum, Hillier. Science and the Mass Media . New York: NYU P, 1967.
  • Mirel, Barbara, and Rachel Spilka, eds. Reshaping Technical Communication: New Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass., 2002.
  • Montgomery, Scott. L. The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science . Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.
  • Myers, Greg. “Stories and Styles in Two Molecular Biology Review Articles.” In C. Bazerman and J. Paradis, eds. Textual Dynamics of the Professions. U of Wisconsin Press, 1991.
  • Nelkin, Dorothy. Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology . New York: W.H. Freeman and Co., 1987.
  • Valiela, Ivan. Doing Science: Design, Analysis, and Communication of Scientific Research. Oxford, England: Oxford UP, 2001.

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