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Spurious coin : a history of science, management, and technical writing /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.