Haptic Visions: Rhetorics of the Digital Image, Information, and Nanotechnology

Valerie Hanson Visual Rhetoric Edited by David Blakesley (Founding Editor: Marguerite Helmers) Information and Pricing978-1-60235-550-7 (paperback, $30); 978-1-60235-551-4 (hardcover, $60); 978-1-60235-552-1 (PDF, $20) © 2015 by Parlor Press. 226 pages with illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. What People Are Saying "In Haptic Visions, Valerie Hanson provides a careful and far-reaching study of the discourses and practices of nanotechnology, but its implications are not limited to the case example at hand, which is fascinating in its own right and deserves to be read by students and researchers who are interested in the rhetorical dynamics of science. Hanson's original and insightful analysis of the contexts surrounding the scanning tunneling microscope also opens new ways of thinking about visuals, about visual production and reception, and about the role of persuasion in scientific