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WALSH, L., Scientists as Prophets. A Rhetorical Genealogy. Oxford University Press, 2013. 276p. Hardback. On contentious issues like climate change and the teaching of evolution in schools, public officials seek out scientific advisers for guidance, oftentimes pulling scientists into the spotlight away from their comfort zones. Some win widespread acclaim for their efforts to shape public policy, while others are denounced as subverters of traditional values. In Scientists as Prophets, Lynda Walsh shows that across history-Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Steven Jay Gould, Carl Sagan-scientists who venture into public policy arenas are immersed in the discourse of prophecy. In this ambitious and insightful book, Walsh raises our appreciation of prophecy as a pragmatic and rational genre for experts doing their best to interpret the unknowable. Davida Charney, Professor of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin (Publisher's information). € 146.07 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199857098