Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science

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University of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - Technology & Engineering - 356 pages
The forms taken by scientific writing help to determine the very nature of science itself. In this closely reasoned study, Charles Bazerman views the changing forms of scientific writing as solutions to rhetorical problems faced by scientists arguing for their findings. Examining such works as the early Philosophical Transactions and Newton's optical writings as well as Physical Review, Bazerman views the changing forms of scientific writing as solutions to rhetorical problems faced by scientists. The rhetoric of science is, Bazerman demonstrates, an embedded part of scientific activity that interacts with other parts of scientific activity, including social structure and empirical experience. This book presents a comprehensive historical account of the rise and development of the genre, and views these forms in relation to empirical experience.

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Three Examples
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PART TWO THE EMERGENCE OF LITERARY AND SOCIAL FORMS
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Newton Faces
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