Arguing with Numbers - The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics

A collection of essays which deploy rhetorical lenses to explore how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions, as well as how our values and beliefs influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept.

A propos de l'auteur

James Wynn is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement and Evolution by the Numbers: The Origins of Mathematical Argument in Biology.G. Mitchell Reyes is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Lewis and Clark College. He is coeditor of Global Memoryscapes: Contesting Remembrance in a Transnational Age.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: G. Mitchell Reyes, James Wynn
• Collaboration: G. Mitchell Reyes (Editeur), G. Mitchell (Lewis and Clark College) Reyes (Editeur), Reyes G. Mitchell (Editeur), James Wynn (Editeur), James (Carnegie Mellon University) Wynn (Editeur), Wynn James (Editeur)
• Edition: University Presses
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.04.2021
• EAN: 9780271088815
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08881-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Poids: 567 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Thème: RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Sciences de la communication; MATHEMATICS / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Communication Studies, Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments