Communicating Science
Professional Contexts (OU Reader)
Published on 20. May 1999
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-415-19750-2 (ISBN)
Description
Communicating Science: Professional Contexts is a collection of articles dealing with the communication between scientists. The way in which science really works is at the core of this reader. The articles are divided into three sections: what science needs to be communicated; communication among scientists; how scientists communicate with other professionals. The first section describes the nature of science, what counts as scientific evidence, and scientists' views of the process of scientific discovery. The second section deals with the means of communication (journals, professional bodies, peer review, and new modes of communication such as the World Wide Web) adopted for the exchange of information between professional scientists. The final part includes case studies of situations where scientists communicate with other professionals, giving us a close and intimate understanding of how the professional life of scientists really works. Communicating Science will be an invaluable source-book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19750-2 (9780415197502)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/1998
Routledge
€45.70
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Persons
Roger Hill, Kirk Junker, Eileen Scanlon
Content
Preface. Part 1. What needs to be communicated about science?, Introduction, Eileen Scanlon, Chapter 1. Perspectives on the nature of science, Chapter 2. Is the scientific paper a fraud?, Chapter 3. Scientific Discourse and it's History: Reflections and Prospects, Part 2. Communication between scientists, Introduction, Roger Hill, Chapter 4. Scientists in Communication, Chapter 5. Methods and Motives for Publishing Original Science Work in Science, Chapter 6. How to read a Scientific Article: Writing Summaries and Critiques, 7. How to Write a Scientific Paper, Chapter 8. Participation in Scientific Meetings: A New Prosographical Approach to the Disciplinary History of Science - the case of Immunology, 1951-1972, Chapter 9. Science and the Internet, Chapter 10. The Internet as a Medium for Science Communication, Chapter 11. Diffusion of Information across the Sciences, Chapter 12. Medical Knowledge for clinical problem solving: a structural analysis of clincal questions, Chapter 13. Interdisciplinary meetings: choices and organisation, Chapter 14. Cold Fusion and Hot History, Chapter 15. Cloning, Controversy and Communication, Chapter 16. Round in Circles: the scholar as author and end user in the electronic environment Communication between scientists, Part 3. Scientists Communicating with other professionals, Introduction, Kirk Junker, Chapter 17. Law and Society Serving One Master...Narrative, Chapter 18. Managing methane, Chapter 19. The Recombinant DNA debate