This isn't a textbook, but a colleague at U of A
(in the Faculty of Science) is excited by this
book and finds its argument and research
compelling (I'm just cutting and pasting from the publisher's website):
Rhetoric in(to) Science Style's Invention in Inquiry by Heather Graves
This book examines the role that rhetoric plays
in the creation and conceptualization of new
knowledge claims. Rather than examining
historical scientific documents, it looks at
scientists (experimental physicists) in the act
of conducting research, interpreting data, and
constructing accounts of an experiment and
highlights how they worked with the linguistic
resources available to them to bring into
existence abstract concepts and gain new insight
into the subject of their study. Using
ethnographic-type data to observe and record the
contributions of rhetoric to the work of science,
the book addresses some of the big questions
about the epistemic and ontological status of
rhetoric in the context of ongoing scientific
inquiry. The book concludes with an examination
of the implications of this research for the
teaching of writing, especially focusing on the
role that specialists play in modeling effective writing in their disciplines.
Abridged Contents: Introduction. A History: How
the Scientific Method Appropriated Rhetorical
Invention Theory During the Rise of Science. How
Analogy Becomes Epistemic in the Process of
Inquiry. How Metaphor Shapes Theory in the
Construction of Scientific Knowledge. Metonymy,
Rhetoric and Ontology in the Process of Inquiry.
What Can the Rhetoric of Science Tell Us About
Teaching Writing. Works Cited. Author Index. Subject Index.
Year: 2005 Pages: 300
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At07:26 PM 10/15/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Jean, here are some possibilities, mainly
>from the British context. They aren't
>specifically rhetorical in their approach but
>they give good introductions to the science
>communication field, especially public
>communication of science. Shortland and
>Gregory's book provides an accessible and
>valuable overview of key issues. Scanlon, E.,
>Hill, R., & Junker, K. (Eds.). (1998).
>Communicating Science : Professional Contexts:
>Reader 1. London: Routledge. [Collected
>readings, prepared for the Open University]
>Scanlon, E., Whitelegg, E., & Yates, S. (Eds.).
>(1999). Communicating Science : Contexts and
>Channels : Reader 2. London: Routledge.
>[Collected readings, prepared for the Open
>University] Shortland, Michael and Jane
>Gregory. Communicating Science. New York:
>Longman Scientific and Technical,
>1991. Stocklmayer, S., Gore, M. M., & Bryant, C.
>(Eds.). (2001). Science Communication in Theory
>and Practice. Dordrecht Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Philippa Spoel
>
> >>> Jean Mason <[log in to unmask]> 10/15/07 6:34 PM >>>
>Can anyone suggest a text book for a course in
>communication and science? The course examines
>how critical scientific issues are communicated
>to science's major stakeholders, the public,
>government, and within scientific community itself. Thanks. Jean
>
>--
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>Associate Professor
>Ryerson University http://www.ryerson.ca
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>Faculty of Communication & Design
>Department of Professional Communication
>Graduate Program in Communication and Culture
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