Boojums all the Way Through. Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age

Mermin, N. David

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ISBN 10: 0521388805 ISBN 13: 9780521388801

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990

Language: English

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Boojums all the Way Through. Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521388805

ISBN 13

9780521388801

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Original decorated wrappers

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First Paperback Edition.

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Fine

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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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