Writing in the sciences: Exploring conventions of scientific discourse - Softcover

Penrose, Ann M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 053663016X ISBN 13: 9780536630162

Publisher: Pearson Custom Pub, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Custom Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 053663016X
• ISBN 13: 9780536630162
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 321