Thu Feb 10 23:58:33 CST 2011 mike wilson wrote:
> 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 > Thank you! It looks like an interesting book. I just requested it from our local library to take a look at it. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
