Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 248 pages
- Published by: Lawrence Erlbaum
- Edition: 1st Edition October 1, 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0805823476
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0805823479
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
This groundbreaking study was originally part of a PhD thesis in communication at a British university.The end result is a rich interplay of ideas and analysis that is helpful in understanding the rhetorical complexities in conversations about origins, the limits of scientific knowledge, and the limitations inherent in 'scientific' discourse.—
Perspectives on Science and Christian FaithSimon Locke's book pleases me very much, not because the author has mastered the particulars of creationist literature (which he has), but because he uses creationism as a case study to explore something far more important than the particulars of creationist thought--namely, relations between modernity and science.—
Social Studies of Science
Product Description
An analysis of creation science discourse, including theoretical discussion and the role of science in society. For scholars of discourse, especially science discourse, and rhetoric.