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The forgotten tribe : scientists as writers / Lisa Emerson.
Author
Emerson, Lisa
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Fort Collins, Colorado : WAC Clearinghouse, [2017]
©2017
Description
vii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Engineering Library - Stacks
T11 .E545 2017
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Technical writing
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Academic writing
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Scientists' writings
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Anecdotes
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Science writers
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Anecdotes
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Literature and science
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Series
Perspectives on writing (Fort Collins, Colo.)
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Perspectives on writing
Summary note
"An important corrective to the view that scientists are "poor writers, unnecessarily opaque, not interested in writing, and in need of remediation." Arguing that scientists are "the most sophisticated and flexible writers in the academy, often writing for a wider range of audiences than most other faculty"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229).
Contents
Prologue. Book of stories and storytelling
Countries not often heard from
Reaching out
The reluctant writers
The writing community
The development of the scientific writer
The poets
"We have to communicate the beauty and the passion."
Appendix A. Questionnaire for the senior and emerging scientists
Appendix B. Interview schedule for senior and emerging scientists
Appendix C. Interview for Ph. D. students
Appendix D. The scale used to develop the quantitative data.
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ISBN
9781607326434 ((pbk.))
1607326434 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2016045184
OCLC
960940419
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