The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / Marlana Portolano.

Author
Portolano, Marlana [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.
Description
xiii, 231 p. ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.
Contents
  • A classical voice for American science
  • An American Cicero
  • Toward a democratic science : institution-building and the statesman orator
  • Increase and diffusion of knowledge : setting the stage for the Smithsonian debate
  • Adams's arguments in the Smithsonian debate : a rhetorical analysis
  • The queen of sciences and her democratic champion : Adams's promotion of astronomy
  • Invention and discovery, rhetorically speaking.
ISBN
  • 9780791476994 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0791476995 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008017376
OCLC
226389289
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