Alan G. Gross

Alan G. Gross (born 1936) is a Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has written a number of books, perhaps most well-known being The Rhetoric of Science (Harvard University Press, 1990 and 1996). This book was reviewed by the historian and philosopher of science Joseph Agassi. Gross received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Princeton University.

• The Rhetoric of Science, (1990 and 1996)
• Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science, (1997) (co-author: William M. Keith) SUNY. ISBN 0-7914-3109-6 (hardcover), ISBN 0-7914-3110-X (paperback)
• Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric, (co-editor Arthur E. Walzer) Southern Illinois University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8093-2267-6
• Chaim Perelman, (co-author Ray D. Dearin) SUNY, 2003.
• Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present, Joseph E. Harmon; Michael Reidy, Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Starring the Text: The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies, Southern Illinois, 2006.
• The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour, (co-editor Joseph E. Harmon) Chicago, 2007.