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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784857503321

Autore

Gross Alan G

Titolo

Communicating science [[electronic resource] ] : the scientific article from the 17th century to the present / / Alan G. Gross, Joseph E. Harmon, Michael Reidy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-772141-9

1-280-53090-1

9786610530908

0-19-535069-3

1-4294-0186-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrossAlan G

HarmonJoseph E

ReidyMichael S

Disciplina

808/.0665

Soggetti

Scientific literature - History

Science - Language - History

Technical writing - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Communicative and Argumentative Development Illustrated; 2 Style and Presentation in the 17th Century; 3 Argument in the 17th Century; 4 Style and Presentation in the 18th Century; 5 Argument in the 18th Century; 6 Style and Presentation in the 19th Century; 7 Argument in the 19th Century; 8 Style and Presentation in the 20th Century; 9 Argument in the 20th Century; 10 Explaining the Development of the Scientific Article; Epilogue: Past, Present, Future; Appendix A: Method for Sampling Scientific Texts; Appendix B: Method for Analyzing Scientific Texts

Appendix C: Noun-Phrase AnalysisReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.