Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 HUMANISM AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 2 RHETORIC OF SCIENCE
Assent, Dissent, and Rhetoric in Science R. Allen Harris
Discourse on Method: The Rhetorical Analysis of Scientific Texts Alan G. Gross
CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM
Challenger and the Social Contingency of Meaning: Two Lessons for the Technical Communication Classroom Paul M. Dombrowski
Some Perspectives on Rhetoric, Science, and History Carolyn R. Miller
CHAPTER 4 FEMINIST CRITIQUES OF SCIENCE AND GENDER ISSUES
Feminist Theory and the Redefinition of Technical Communication Mary M. Lay
Gender Issues in Technical Communication Studies: An Overview of the Implications for the Profession, Research, and Pedagogy Jo Allen
CHAPTER 5 ETHICS
A Basic Unit on Ethics for Technical Communicators Mike Markel
Political-Ethical Implications of Defining Technical Communication as a Practice Dale L. Sullivan
Contributors
Index
Biography
P M Dombrowski (Author)
