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The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science

Title: The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / Marlana Portolano.
Author: Portolano, Marlana.
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.

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Description

xiii, 231 p.; 24 cm.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

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.

Call Number

II 09-4278

ISBN

0791476995 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780791476994 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008017376

OCLC

226389289

Author

Portolano, Marlana.

Title

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

Imprint

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.

Research Call Number

II 09-4278

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