Scientific and technical communication : theory, practice, and policy / editor, James H. Collier, with David M. Toomey.

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997], ©1997.

xvi, 415 pages ; 24 cm

Pt.1. The rhetoric -- Scientific and technical communication in context -- Reading scientific and technical texts -- Writing scientific and technical texts -- Understanding audiences -- Language, persuasion, and argument -- Participation and policy -- Pt.2. The reader -- Putting people back into the business of science: constituting a national forum for setting the research agenda -- Textual technologies: new literary forms and reflexivity -- Science and communication: beyond form and content -- Migrating across disciplinary boundaries: the case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's periodicity papers -- Challenging high-tech war: surgical strike or collateral damage? -- Restructuring demand for scientific expertise -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index