Crossing the boundaries between science and the humanities, the author explores the volumes of discourse involved in the construction of the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to discover the role rhetoric plays in the formulation and expression of scientific ideas.
| ISBN: | 9780299168544 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2000 |
| Author: | John Canaday |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 376 pages |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Impact of science and technology on society Atomic and molecular physics Nuclear power and engineering Sociology and anthropology |