Science And The Written Word

Author : Lou Massa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199831777

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Science and the Written Word by Lou Massa Pdf

In order to meet the growing scientific requirements of an increasingly complex society, it is essential for us to have an appreciation of the power and breadth of science. Science and the Written Word is a collection of interviews featuring some of the world's greatest scientists and Nobel Prize winners. The interviews examine topics related to the nature of science and technology, making them more accessible to the general reader, and emphasize the relationship of various scientific disciplines to one another. Through this book, readers learn from the "inside" how science is done, what motivates it, and why it is of importance to society as a whole. The book offers insights into scientific personalities and dispels common misconceptions regarding the popular image of scientists. The interviews in this book examine standards of behavior and ethics and demonstrate the relationships between science and social values. They delve into topics such as the utility of science in application to war, the importance of science in the educational curriculum, cost benefits of fundamental research in consideration of the national budget, and the public controversy of evolution versus intelligent design. Cumulatively, the discussions in this book give rise to an awareness of both the reality of science and technology and its profound impact upon the well being of society.

Author : Pamela H. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226818245

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From Lived Experience to the Written Word by Pamela H. Smith Pdf

"This book focuses on how literate artisans began to write about their discoveries starting around 1400: in other words, it explores the origins of technical writing. Artisans and artists began to publish handbooks, guides, treatises, tip sheets, graphs and recipe books rather than simply pass along their knowledge in the workshop. And they tried to articulate what the new knowledge meant. The popularity of these texts coincided with the founding of a "new philosophy" that sought to investigate nature in a new way. Smith shows how this moment began in the unceasing trials of the craft workshop, and ended in the experimentation of the natural scientific laboratory. These epistemological developments have continued to the present day and still inform how we think about scientific knowledge"--

Author : Robert Edwin Bacharach
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Law
ISBN : 1641056592

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Legal Writing by Robert Edwin Bacharach Pdf

"A magnificent book on writing. Drawing on the lessons from psycholinguistics and rhetoric, Judge Bacharach has written a remarkably practical book on how to write effectively. Judge Bacharach illustrates his points with very specific suggestions and countless examples from briefs from top lawyers and opinions of judges. I learned so much from this wonderful book." -- Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley School of Law

Author : Lou Massa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199734320

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Science and the Written Word by Lou Massa Pdf

How do local Christians respond when they discover that the religions of the world now reside in their town? Paul Numrich presents eleven case studies of local Chicago-area Christian responses to America's changing religious landscape. Included are Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian cases.

Author : Alvin Meyer Liberman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262121921

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Speech by Alvin Meyer Liberman Pdf

Alvin Liberman and his colleagues at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven created the techniques, the methods, and the insights appropriate to the study of speech perception. This volume brings together a carefully edited collection of twenty-three of their most important research articles, along with an introduction by Liberman that charts the progress of the research - the errors as well as the hits - over the past five decades. Liberman has been the main analytic and synthesizing scientist in the development of a field that holds a fascination for anyone interested in the place of speech in the biological scheme of things. The more specific implications cover a broad range: at the one extreme, the problems associated with the machine production and recognition of speech; at the other, our understanding of how children learn to read its alphabetic transcriptions, and why some cannot.

Author : Pamela H. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226818238

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From Lived Experience to the Written Word by Pamela H. Smith Pdf

How and why early modern European artisans began to record their knowledge. In From Lived Experience to the Written Word, Pamela H. Smith considers how and why, beginning in 1400 CE, European craftspeople began to write down their making practices. Rather than simply passing along knowledge in the workshop, these literate artisans chose to publish handbooks, guides, treatises, tip sheets, graphs, and recipe books, sparking early technical writing and laying the groundwork for how we think about scientific knowledge today. Focusing on metalworking from 1400–1800 CE, Smith looks at the nature of craft knowledge and skill, studying present-day and historical practices, objects, recipes, and artisanal manuals. From these sources, she considers how we can reconstruct centuries of largely lost knowledge. In doing so, she aims not only to unearth the techniques, material processes, and embodied experience of the past but also to gain insight into the lifeworld of artisans and their understandings of matter.

Author : Florence Davies,Terry Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:223269469

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Learning from the Written Word by Florence Davies,Terry Greene Pdf

Author : Anne E. Greene
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226026404

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Writing Science in Plain English by Anne E. Greene Pdf

Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and difficult to understand. But, as Anne E. Greene shows in Writing Science in Plain English,writers from all scientific disciplines can learn to produce clear, concise prose by mastering just a few simple principles. This short, focused guide presents a dozen such principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including concrete subjects, strong verbs, consistent terms, and organized paragraphs. The author, a biologist and an experienced teacher of scientific writing, illustrates each principle with real-life examples of both good and bad writing and shows how to revise bad writing to make it clearer and more concise. She ends each chapter with practice exercises so that readers can come away with new writing skills after just one sitting. Writing Science in Plain English can help writers at all levels of their academic and professional careers—undergraduate students working on research reports, established scientists writing articles and grant proposals, or agency employees working to follow the Plain Writing Act. This essential resource is the perfect companion for all who seek to write science effectively.

Author : David Ian Hanauer,Karen Englander
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781602353817

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Scientific Writing in a Second Language by David Ian Hanauer,Karen Englander Pdf

Scientific Writing in a Second Language investigates and aims to alleviate the barriers to the publication of scientific research articles experienced by scientists who use English as a second language. David Ian Hanauer and Karen Englander provide a comprehensive meta-synthesis of what is currently known about the phenomenon of second language scientific publication and the ways in which this issue has been addressed.

Author : George Tombaugh,Able and Talented Program Resource Roo,Nancy N. Thompson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595207725

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Westerville Kids Celebrate the Written Word by George Tombaugh,Able and Talented Program Resource Roo,Nancy N. Thompson Pdf

A book is magical; it transcends time and space. We hope to capture this magic with the publication of Westerville Kids Celebrate the Written Word, a collection of writing completed this school year by students in the Westerville City Schools Math/Science and Language Arts Able and Talented Program. Whether writing individually or in small groups, writing to solve problems or to amuse, students scaled the peaks of their imagination to discover the satisfaction of the written word. We are delighted to present our students' work with the publication of this anthology. Joan Grundey and Linda Mitten, Able and Talented Teachers

Author : Writers of SciLance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780738216577

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The Science Writers' Handbook by Writers of SciLance Pdf

Popular science writing has exploded in the past decade, both in print and online. Who better to guide writers striving to succeed in the profession than a group of award-winning independent journalists with a combined total of 225 years of experience? From Thomas Hayden's chapter on the perfect pitch to Emma Maris's advice on book proposals to Mark Schrope's essential information on contracts, the members of SciLance give writers of all experience levels the practical information they need to succeed, as either a staffer or a freelancer. Going beyond craft, The Science Writer's Handbook also tackles issues such as creating productive office space, balancing work and family, and finding lasting career satisfaction. It is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to prosper as a science writer in the new era of publishing.

Author : David Lindsay
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486311484

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Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words by David Lindsay Pdf

Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many competent researchers are wary of scientific writing, despite its importance for sharpening scientific thinking, advancing their career, obtaining funding for their work and growing the prestige of their institution. This second edition of David Lindsay’s popular book Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words presents a way of thinking about writing that builds on the way good scientists think about research. The simple principles in this book will help you to clarify the objectives of your work and present your results with impact. Fully updated throughout, with practical examples of good and bad writing, an expanded chapter on writing for non-scientists and a new chapter on writing grant applications, this book makes communicating research easier and encourages researchers to write confidently. It is an ideal reference for researchers preparing journal articles, posters, conference presentations, reviews and popular articles; for students preparing theses; and for researchers whose first language is not English.

Author : Stephen B. Heard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780691219189

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The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, 2nd Edition by Stephen B. Heard Pdf

"This is a new edition of The Scientists Guide to Writing, published in 2016. As a reminder the book provided practical advice on writing, covering topics including how to generate and maintain writing momentum, tips on structuring a scientific paper, revising a first draft, handling citations, responding to peer reviews, and managing coauthorships, among other topics. For the 2nd edtition, Heard has made several changes, specifically: - expanding the chapter on writing in English for non-native speakers - adding two chapters: one on efficient and effective reading and one on selecting the right journal and how to use preprint sites. - doubled the number of exercises - various other add-ons to existing chapters, including information on reporting statistical results, handling disagreement among peer reviewers, and managing co-authorships"--

Author : Elise Hancock
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0801873290

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Ideas Into Words by Elise Hancock Pdf

From the latest breakthroughs in medical research and information technologies to new discoveries about the diversity of life on earth, science is becoming both more specialized and more relevant. Consequently, the need for writers who can clarify these breakthroughs and discoveries for the general public has become acute. In Ideas into Words, Elise Hancock, a professional writer and editor with thirty years of experience, provides both novice and seasoned science writers with the practical advice and canny insights they need to take their craft to the next level. Rich with real-life examples and anecdotes, this book covers the essentials of science writing: finding story ideas, learning the science, opening and shaping a piece, polishing drafts, overcoming blocks, and conducting interviews with scientists and other experts who may not be accustomed to making their ideas understandable to lay readers. Hancock's wisdom will prove useful to anyone pursuing nonfiction writing as a career. She devotes an entire chapter to habits and attitudes that writers should cultivate, another to structure, and a third to the art of revision. Some of her advice is surprising (she cautions against s

Author : Henry Bainton
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812296761

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History and the Written Word by Henry Bainton Pdf

A thought-provoking look at the Angevin aristocracy's literary practices and historical record Coming upon the text of a document such as a charter or a letter inserted into the fabric of a medieval chronicle and quoted in full or at length, modern readers might well assume that the chronicler is simply doing what good historians have always done—that is, citing his source as evidence. Such documentary insertions are not ubiquitous in medieval historiography, however, and are in fact particularly characteristic of the history-writing produced by the Angevins in England and Northern France in the later twelfth century. In History and the Written Word, Henry Bainton puts these documentary gestures center stage in an attempt to understand what the chroniclers were doing historiographically, socially, and culturally when they transcribed a document into a work of history. Where earlier scholars who have looked at the phenomenon have explained this increased use of documents by considering the growing bureaucratic state and an increasing historiographical concern for documentary evidence, Bainton seeks to resituate these histories, together with their authors and users, within literate but sub-state networks of political power. Proposing a new category he designates "literate lordship" to describe the form of power with which documentary history-writing was especially concerned, he shows how important the vernacular was in recording the social lives of these literate lords and how they found it a particularly appropriate medium through which to record their roles in history. Drawing on the perspectives of modern and medieval narratology, medieval multilingualism, and cultural memory, History and the Written Word argues that members of an administrative elite demonstrated their mastery of the rules of literate political behavior by producing and consuming history-writing and its documents.