Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse.(Critical essay)

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Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse. By Michael J. Zerbe. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007; pp. xii + 216. $35.00 paper.

Drawing from and building upon a rich tradition, Zerbe contributes insightfully to rhetoric and composition studies as well as to scholarship in the rhetoric of science. Gross and Gurak (2005) note that the rhetoric of science field continues to develop, pursuing new directions such as reception studies. Zerbe suggests yet another area of emphasis: pedagogy. Just as Roberts-Miller's (2004) Deliberate ...

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