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Metaphor and knowledge : the challenges of writing science /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baake, Ken
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Series:SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: The Problem with "Rules" and Why Words will not Sit Still
  • 2. Technical Writer at the Think Tank
  • 3. Metaphor: Constituting or Decorating Theory in Science
  • 4. Metaphors and Mathematics: A Shared Tradition of Constituting Knowledge in Science
  • 5. Science Writers Looking for their Audience
  • 6. "Complexity": An Etymology Leading to a Discussion of Whether it is a Metaphor or Something Else
  • 7. Managing Metaphor Harmonics and Other Challenges of Making Knowledge in Science.