Studies one scientific essay - The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme, by evolutionary theorists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard C. Lewontin - as an example, to demonstrate and test new analytical approaches to scientific rhetoric.

In this text, scholars in rhetoric and communication, as well as literary and cultural studies, address such issues as the significance of the physical, material body in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning, and the choices revolving around reproduction and genome projects.

As Debby Boone and Rocky Balboa raised the hopes of a country in financial and political crisis, U.S. colleges sought to meet the needs of a growing and increasingly diverse student body while also responding to the public outcry for tangible results. Within English departments, especially in publicly funded institutions, writing instruction came under heightened scrutiny as politicians and taxpayers wondered "Why Johnny Can't Write." Scholars and teachers of writing responded as best they could to these pressures, conducting research on writing processes, developing new pedagogies better...

This remarkable, inexpensiveguide packs a comprehensive look at writing (and analyzing) arguments into 200 brief, accessible pages.Best-sellingauthors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer offer clear, engaging chapters covering what argument is, how to read (and view) arguments critically, how to write a variety of persuasive arguments, and how to support your arguments with good reasons and appropriate documentation. This remarkable, inexpensiveguide packs a comprehensive look at writing (and analyzing) arguments into 200 brief, accessible pages.Best-sellingauthors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer...