Arguing with Numbers: The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics

As discrete fields of inquiry, rhetoric and mathematics have long been considered antithetical to each other. That is, if mathematics explains or describes the phenomena it studies with certainty, persuasion is not needed. This volume calls into question the view that mathematics is free of rhetoric.

Through nine studies of the intersections between these two disciplines, Arguing with Numbers shows that mathematics is in fact deeply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271088818
• ISBN13: 9780271088815
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"