Screen LibraryThe scientific literature：a guided tour
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 327 p.: ill., maps, music ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226316550 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226316556 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226316567 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226316564 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N09 |
| CLC: |
N09 G321.5 |
| Call Number: | N09/S416-5 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. Internalization 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. |