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Spurious coin : a history of science, management, and technical writing /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Longo, Bernadette, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Colección:SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction--Transforming Language into Science
  • What Is Science? What Is Technology?
  • Minting the Coin of Scientific Knowledge
  • How Credit for Scientific Knowledge Is Appraised
  • Who Gets Credit?
  • What Research Does Not See
  • Looking at Technical Writing Through a Cultural Study Frame
  • Putting Technical Writing Practices in Cultural Contexts
  • Issues in Technical Writing Raised Through Cultural Study
  • Technical Writing as the Lingua Franca in a Golden Age of Engineering
  • What Kind of Knowledge Gets Deposited in Textbooks?
  • The Utility of Experiential Knowledge
  • The Development of Public Science
  • Reforming Scholasticism
  • The Rise of Experiential Knowledge and Technical Education
  • John Locke, Language, Property Rights, and Coinage
  • Defending Science and Technical Education
  • Contributing to a General Fund of Scientific Knowledge
  • Knowledge in Textbooks
  • Technical Writing Practices in Power and Knowledge Systems
  • Engineering Specialized Social Organizations
  • Engineering as an Application of Pure Scientific Knowledge
  • Designing Systematic Administration for Canals and Railroads
  • Engineers Become Managers in Complex Social Organizations
  • Engineering Management Systems
  • Technical Writing as Management System Control
  • Natural and Military Efficiency
  • New Communication Technologies Support Systematized Management
  • Technical Writing Textbook Codifies Systematized Management
  • Technical Writers Mint Counterfeit Scientific Knowledge: Strained Relations between Technical Writers and Engineers.