Metaphor and Knowledge: The Challenges of Writing Science (SUNY series, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication) - Hardcover

Baake, Ken

 
9780791457436: Metaphor and Knowledge: The Challenges of Writing Science (SUNY series, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication)
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ISBN 10: 0791457435 ISBN 13: 9780791457436
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2003

Synopsis

Analyzing the power of metaphor in the rhetoric of science, this book examines the use of words to express complex scientific concepts.

Metaphor and Knowledge offers a sweeping history of rhetoric and metaphor in science, delving into questions about how language constitutes knowledge. Weaving together insights from a group of scientists at the Santa Fe Institute as they shape the new interdisciplinary field of complexity science, Ken Baake shows the difficulty of writing science when word meanings are unsettled, and he analyzes the power of metaphor in science.

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About the Author

Ken Baake is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication at Texas Tech University.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791457435
ISBN 13 
9780791457436
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
255

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