2 In What Ways Shall We Describe Mathematics as Rhetorical?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 Framing the Intersections
6. 1 From Division to Multiplication: Uncovering the Relationship Between Mathematics and Rhetoric Through Transdisciplinary Scholarship 11
7. 2 In What Ways Shall We Describe Mathematics as Rhetorical? 33
8. Part 2: Rhetoric, Mathematics, and Public Culture
9. 3 The Mathematization of the Invisible Hand: Rhetorical Energy and the Crafting of Economic Spontaneity 55
10. 4 The Horizons of Judgment in Mathematical Discourse: Copulas, Economics, and Subprime Mortgages 82
11. 5 The Ourang-Outang in the Rue Morgue: Charles Peirce, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Rhetoric of Diagrams in Detective Fiction 122
12. Part 3: Mathematical Argument and Rhetorical Invention
13. 6 Rhetoric and Mathematics in the Saturnian Account of Atomic Spectra 151
14. 7 The New Mathematical Arts of Argument: Naturalistic Images and Geometric Diagrams 171
15. Part 4: Mathematical Presentations: Experts and Lay Audiences
16. 8 Accommodating Young Women: Addressing the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Female-Centered Epideictic 215
17. 9 Turning Principles of Action into Practice: Examining the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Reform Rhetoric 252
18. Contributors 281
19. Index 285