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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818196403321

Autore

Gross Alan G

Titolo

Communicating science : 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

0-19-028546-X

0-19-772141-9

1-280-53090-1

9786610530908

0-19-535069-3

1-4294-0186-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

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

Previously issued in print: 2002.

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

In Communicating Science, the authors describe the development of the scientific article from its modest beginnings in 17th century England and France to the global phenomenon that it has become



today.