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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828289103321

Autore

Roundtree Aimee Kendall <1972->

Titolo

Computer simulation, rhetoric, and the scientific imagination : how virtual evidence shapes science in the making and in the news / / Aimee Kendall Roundtree

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-5718-X

0-7391-7557-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

006.8

Soggetti

Computer simulation - Philosophy

Science - Public opinion

Rhetoric

Information technology - Public opinion

Virtual reality - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why computer simulations need rhetorical intervention -- The rhetorical situation of simulations -- Simulations and the scientific imagination -- Rhetorical strategies of simulated evidence -- Social dimensions of simulated meaning -- The rhetoric of simulations in the news.