03695nam 22006733u 450 991079107800332120230124184054.01-4522-4894-X(CKB)2550000001194189(EBL)1598437(SSID)ssj0001113170(PQKBManifestationID)12491974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113170(PQKBWorkID)11166487(PQKB)11400924(MiAaPQ)EBC1598437(EXLCZ)99255000000119418920140127d1996|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrScientific and Technical Communication[electronic resource] Theory, Practice, and PolicyThousand Oaks SAGE Publications19961 online resource (432 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-42342-3 0-7619-0320-8 Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - The Rhetoric; Chapter 1 - Scientific and Technical Communication in Context; Chapter 2 - Reading Scientific and Technical Texts; Chapter 3 - Writing Scientific and Technical Texts; Chapter 4 - Understanding Audiences; Chapter 5 - Language, Persuasion, and Argument; Chapter 6 - Participation and Policy; Part II - The Reader; Introduction to Chapter 7; Chapter 7 - Putting People Back into the Business of Science: Constituting a National Forum for Setting the Research Agenda; Introduction to Chapter 8Chapter 8 - Textual Technologies: New Literary Forms and ReflexivityIntroduction to Chapter 9; Chapter 9 - Science and Communication: Beyond Form and Content; Introduction to Chapter 10; Chapter 10 - Migrating across Disciplinary Boundaries: The Case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's Periodicity Papers; Introduction to Chapter 11; Chapter 11 - Challenging High-Tech War: Surgical Strike or Collateral Damage?; Introduction to Chapter 12; Chapter 12 - Restructuring Demand for Scientific Expertise; Index; About the Authors Integrating multidisciplinary perspectives on the relation of rhetoric, science, technology and public policy-making to the process and product of technical communication, this textbook reformulates the issues raised by science and technology studies (STS) within the context of technical communication. The first part of the book provides a summary, critique and alternative to recent theoretical perspectives developed in the rhetoric of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Part Two applies these critical alternatives to the traditional practices of scientific and technicScientific and Technical CommunicationCommunication of technical informationMetaphorTechnical writingCommunication in scienceCommunication of technical informationPhysical Sciences & MathematicsHILCCSciences - GeneralHILCCCommunication of technical information.Metaphor.Technical writing.Communication in scienceCommunication of technical informationPhysical Sciences & MathematicsSciences - General601./4601.4Collier James H1493196Toomey David MCollier James HAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910791078003321Scientific and Technical Communication3716063UNINA