Galileo. (Image courtesy of The Library of Congress, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-7923 (b&w film copy neg.)].)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Mya Poe
MIT Course Number
21W.747-2
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. This course specifically focuses on the ways that scientists use various methods of persuasion in the construction of scientific knowledge.