Description
In her research, Ceccarelli discovers that "the frontier of science" evokes a scientist who is typically male, a risk taker, an adventurous loner-someone separated from a public that both envies and distrusts him, with a manifest destiny to penetrate the unknown. It conjures a competitive desire to claim the riches of a new territory before others can do the same. Closely reading the public address of scientists and politicians and the reception of their audiences, this book shows how the frontier of science metaphor constrains American speakers, helping to guide the ends of scientific research in particular ways and sometimes blocking scientists from attaining the very goals they set out to achieve.
About the Author
Leah Ceccarelli is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, USA.
Book Information
ISBN 9781611861006
Author Leah Ceccarelli
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Michigan State University Press
Publisher Michigan State University Press
Weight(grams) 363g