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Shaping science with rhetoric : the cases of Dobzhansky, Schrödinger, and Wilson /

How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programmes? Why do some attempts to inspire such research win widespread acclaim and support, while others do not? Leah Ceccarelli addresses such questi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ceccarelli, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programmes? Why do some attempts to inspire such research win widespread acclaim and support, while others do not? Leah Ceccarelli addresses such questions through close readings of three scientific monographs in their historical contexts. She examines the rhetorical strategies used in each book and evaluates which worked best, based on the reviews and scientific papers that followed in their wake.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
ISBN:9780226099088
0226099083
9786612901805
6612901802