On 10/02/2011 15:06, Igor Roshchin wrote:
That's great!
That's basically what they say in the books about scientific/engineering
writing. The very first thing a writer has to recognize are these
three factors: audience, purpose, and occasion.
The first, audience, defines "what do they know?", "why are they
reading?", "what expectations (and biases?) they have?"
The second, purpose, can be "to perform" or "to persuade".
The last one, occasion, defines things like format, formality,
deadlines, politics, etc.
From these considerations, the questions and the rationale you listed
follow.
I was teaching this material to physics major senior students just a
week ago in my course "The Art of Scientific Communication".
If anyone is interested in reading, - I have a list of a few good books
that discuss these and related topics in detail in a rather clear language:
http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/roshchin/lists/1723072
I can add this book to your list.
http://www.amazon.com/Scientists-Must-Write-Engineers-Routledge/dp/0415269962
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