Scientific and technical communication : theory, practice, and policy /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Collier, James H., Toomey, David M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1997.
Subjects:
Communication in science.
Communication of technical information.
Information scientifique.
Information technique.
Communication in science
Communication of technical information
Kommunikation
Naturwissenschaften
Aufsatzsammlung
Technik
Information und Dokumentation
Wetenschappelijke publicaties.
Wetenschapsjournalistiek.
Communicatie.
Wetenschap.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The rhetoric
  • Scientific and technical communication in context
  • Reading scientific and technical texts
  • Writing scientific and technical texts
  • Understanding audiences
  • Language, persuasion, and argument
  • Participation and policy
  • pt. 2. The reader
  • Putting people back into the business of science: constituting a national forum for setting the research agenda
  • Textual technologies: new literary forms and reflexivity
  • Science and communication: beyond form and content
  • Migrating across disciplinary boundaries: the case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's periodicity papers
  • Challenging high-tech war: surgical strike or collateral damage?
  • Restructuring demand for scientific expertise
  • Index.

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