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.

About the Author
Jeanne Fahnestock is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Rhetorical Figures in Science and co-author of A Rhetoric of Argument.

Reviews
well-crafted argument ... well-exemplified series of chapters * Quarterly Journal of Speech, May 2001 *
While many books deliver less than they promise, a few, like Rhetorical Figures in Science, deliver more. * Quarterly Journal of Speech, May 2001 *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195117509
Author Jeanne Fahnestock
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 23mm