Rational Rhetoric: The Role of Science in Popular Discourse

David J. Tietge *Winner of JAC's Gary A. Olson Award for most outstanding book in rhetorical and cultural theory. - 5/27/2010. Rhetoric of Science and Technology Edited by Alan Gross Information and Pricing978-1-60235-069-4 (paperback, $32); 978-1-60235-070-0 (hardcover, $65); 978-1-60235-071-7 (PDF, $19.99). © 2008 by Parlor Press. 472 pages with notes, illustrations,, bibliography, and index. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. About This Book Rational Rhetoric: The Role of Science in Popular Discourse  places popular representations of science and scientific discourse under the terministic lenses of rhetorical theory, cultural studies, and language theory. David J. Tietge ranges broadly and insightfully across a wide range of scientific discourse and ideology as it is reconfigured for general consumption, in popular science writing (from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking and Stephen J. Gould), magazines (from Scientific Ameri