The scientific literature : a guided tour / edited with commentaries by Joseph E. Harmon and Alan G. Gross.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: xxiv, 327 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226316556
- 0226316564
- 9780226316550
- 9780226316567
- 500 22
- Q225.5 .S35 2007
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 500 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A423566B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.
1. First English periodical -- Early books and letters -- Philosophical transactions -- On early English scientific writing -- 2. First French periodicals -- Concerning the royal academy in Paris -- Journal of the learned -- Memoirs of the royal academy of sciences -- 3. Internationalization and specialization -- German literature -- American literature -- Specialized literature : biology -- Specialized literature : physics -- Specialized literature : chemistry -- 4. Select pre-modern classics -- Earth science -- Biological sciences -- Medical science -- Chemistry -- Physics -- 5. Equations, tables, and pictures -- Equations -- Tables -- Pictures -- 6. Organizing scientific arguments -- Beginning -- Middle -- End -- From start to finish -- 7. Scientific writing style : norms and perturbations -- Norms perturbations : playfulness -- Perturbations : belligerence -- Perturbations : writing with style -- 8. Controversy at work : two case studies -- Evolution controversy -- Dream controversy -- 9. Select modern classics -- Discovering crucial facts -- Providing theoretical explanations -- Performing thought experiments -- Turning to technology.
Excerpts from scientific writings that illustrate the evolution of the scientific article from its origin in 1665 till today. Includes commentaries explaining the context and communication strategy.
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