Alan G. Gross (June 2, 1936 - October 16, 2020) was a professor of rhetoric and Communication Studies at the
University of Minnesota
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, Twin Cities where he also held appointments in the Center for Philosophy of Science, and in the rhetoric, scientific, and technical communication graduate program, the latter of which he was a founding faculty member.
Gross was a prolific author of dozens of articles, and author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books in rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism, and the rhetoric of science, perhaps the most well-known being ''The Rhetoric of Science'' (
Harvard University Press
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, 1990 and 1996) which was reviewed by the historian and philosopher of science
Joseph Agassi
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In 2008, Gross and co-author Joseph Harmon won Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication from NCTE for ''The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour''. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association, their highest honor.
An internationally recognized scholar, Gross held appointments at Australian National University; at the Centre for Rhetoric Studies, Cape Town; at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna; and at the Institute for Advanced Study, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
A video of Gross discussing his scholarship and research, and the development of the Rhetoric of Science as a field, was produced by the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology and can be found online.
[Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST) Oral History Project--An Interview with Dr. Alan Gross, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXCZiYVroLc]
Gross received his Ph.D. in 1962 from
Princeton University
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.
Selected books
*''The Rhetoric of Science'',
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, 1990 and 1996.
*''Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science'', co-editor William M. Keith,
State University of New York Press
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, 1997.
*''Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric'', (co-editor Arthur E. Walzer)
Southern Illinois University Press
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, 2000.
*''Chaim Perelman'', co-author Ray D. Dearin,
State University of New York Press
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, 2003.
*''Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present'', co-authors Joseph E. Harmon, Michael Reidy,
Oxford University Press
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, 2002.
*''Starring the Text: The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies'',
Southern Illinois University Press
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, 2006.
*''The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour'', co-editor Joseph E. Harmon,
University of Chicago Press
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, 2007.
*''The Craft of Scientific Communication'', co-author Joseph E. Harmon,
University of Chicago Press
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, 2010.
*''Science from Sight to Insight: How Scientists Illustrate Meaning'', co-author Joseph E. Harmon,
University of Chicago Press
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, 2014.
*''The Internet Revolution in the Sciences and Humanities'', co-author Joseph E. Harmon,
Oxford University Press
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, 2016.
*''The Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe'',
Oxford University Press
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, 2018.
See also
*
Rhetoric of science
References
External links
Faculty pageat
University of Minnesota
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University of Minnesota faculty
Princeton University alumni
1936 births
2020 deaths
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