ABSTRACT
New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication represents the most important collection of writings about technical communications ever compiled. Focusing on a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, these essays reflect the rigor, vitality, and interdisciplinary nature of modern technical communications. This represents a collection of the very best scholarly work being done.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|2 pages
Empirical Research
part Two|2 pages
Reassessing Readability
part Three|2 pages
Approaches from Rhetoric, Discourse Theory, and Sociology
chapter 9|29 pages
Scientific Writing as a Social Act
A Review of the Literature of the Sociology of Science
part Four|2 pages
Historical Perspectives
part Five|2 pages
Redefinition
