Scientific and technical communication : theory, practice, and policy /: theory, practice, and policy. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, James H. Collier, with David M. Toomey.
• Other Names: Collier, James H; Toomey, David M
• Contents: Pt. 1. The rhetoric -- Scientific and technical communication in context -- Reading scientific and technical texts -- Writing scientific and technical texts -- Understanding audiences -- Language, persuasion, and argument -- Participation and policy -- pt. 2. The reader -- Putting people back into the business of science: constituting a national forum for setting the research agenda -- Textual technologies: new literary forms and reflexivity -- Science and communication: beyond form and content -- Migrating across disciplinary boundaries: the case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's periodicity papers -- Challenging high-tech war: surgical strike or collateral damage? -- Restructuring demand for scientific expertise -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 501.4; Communication in science; Communication of technical information; Information scientifique; Information technique; Communication in science; Communication of technical information; Wetenschappelijke publicaties; Wetenschapsjournalistiek; Communicatie; Wetenschap; Kommunikation; Naturwissenschaften; Aufsatzsammlung; Technik; Information und Dokumentation; Information und Dokumentation; Kommunikation; Naturwissenschaften; Technik; Information scientifique; Information technique; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452248943
• Related ISBNs: 145224894X
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