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Communicating science : the scientific article from the 17th century to the present / Alan G. Gross, Joseph E. Harmon, Michael Reidy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Alan G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific literature--History.
- Scientific literature.
- Science--Language--History.
- Science.
- Technical writing--History.
- Technical writing.
- History.
- Science--Language.
- Physical Description:
- x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- This book describes the development of the scientific article from its modest beginnings to the global phenomenon that it has become today. Their analysis of a large sample of texts in French, English, and German focuses on the changes in the style, organization, and argumentative structure of scientific communication over time. They also speculate on the future currency of the scientific article, as it enters the era of the World Wide Web. This book is an outstanding resource text in the rhetoric of science, and will stand as the definitive study on the topic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195134540
- OCLC:
- 47243900
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