This is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The book should appeal to physicists, mathematicians and engineers, and to anyone who enjoys reading non-technical accounts of modern science. Num Pages: 332 pages, 43 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Boojums All the Way through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521388805
ISBN 13: 9780521388801
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that presents the dilemma of communicating modern physics to both physicists and nonphysicists. Some addressed to a general audience, some to students and others to scientists, the essays all share a preoccupation with both the substance and the style of written scientific communication, and offer a unique view of everyday science or scientific practice with the intention of increased clarity for the reader. The author believes the tradition of bland and impersonal scientific writing over the past fifty years deprives scientists of powerful tools for enhancing their clarity and capacity to communicate complex ideas. A well recognized theoretical physicist and winner of the first Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize of the American Physical Society, Mermin writes with wry humor and conveys complex ideas with startling simplicity.

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Addressed to a general audience, these essays present the dilemma of communicating modern physics to physicists and nonphysicists by analyzing the substance and style of written scientific communication.

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