Communicating Science The Scientific Article

This book describes the development of the scientific article from its modest beginnings to the global phenomenon that it has become today. Their analysis of a large sample of texts in French, English, and German focuses on the changes in the style, organization, and argumentative structure of scientific communication over time. They also speculate on the future currency of the scientific article, as it enters the era of the World Wide Web. This book is an outstanding resource text in the rhetoric of science, and will stand as the definitive study on the topic.

Alan G. Gross is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Introduction	p. 3
Communicative and Argumentative Development Illustrated	p. 17
Style and Presentation in the 17th Century	p. 31
Argument in the 17th Century	p. 48
Style and Presentation in the 18th Century	p. 68
Argument in the 18th Century	p. 92
Style and Presentation in the 19th Century	p. 117
Argument in the 19th Century	p. 139
Style and Presentation in the 20th Century	p. 161
Argument in the 20th Century	p. 187
Explaining the Development of the Scientific Article	p. 214
Epilogue: Past, Present, Future	p. 229
Method for Sampling Scientific Texts	p. 235
Method for Analyzing Scientific Texts	p. 243
Noun-Phrase Analysis	p. 249
References	p. 253
Index	p. 263
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Communicating Science The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present

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