Writing in the Sciences: Exploring Conventions of Scientific Discourse - Softcover

Anne M. Penrose; Steven B. Katz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312119712 ISBN 13: 9780312119713

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins, 1997

Synopsis

A technical writing text designed specifically for students in the sciences. The author uses a descriptive approach that presents comon thetorical concepts and analytical tools and shows students how to investigage and practice communications conventions in their chosen fields.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A rhetorical, multi-disciplinary guide, "Writing in the Sciences" discusses the major genres of science writing including research reports, grant proposals, conference presentations, and a variety of forms of public communication. Multiple samples from real research cases illustrate a range of scientific disciplines and audiences for scientific research along with the corresponding differences in focus, arrangement, style, and other rhetorical dimensions. Comparisons among disciplines provide the opportunity for students to identify common conventions in science and investigate variation across fields.

About the Author:

Steven B. Katz is an associate professor of English at North Carolina State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312119712
• ISBN 13: 9780312119713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 321