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Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context: The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975 Hardcover - 1998
by Dwight Atkinson
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- Title Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context: The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975
- Author Dwight Atkinson
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, Mahwah, N.J. and London:
- Date November 1, 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780805820850 / 080582085X
- Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 5.92 x 0.83 in (23.67 x 15.04 x 2.11 cm)
- Reading level 1590
- Library of Congress subjects Royal Society (Great Britain) - History, Historiography - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98025130
- Dewey Decimal Code 506.041
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Mahwah, N.J. and London:: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999., 1999. First printing. Series: Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society. 8vo. xxxi, 208 pp. Figs., indexes. Pictorial boards [hardcover]. Burndy bookplate. SCARCE IN HARDCOVER FORMAT. Fine. ISBN: 080582085X "Dwight Atkinson, in his book Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context, undertakes an extremely ambitious project: an attempt to integrate quantitative/linguistic, rhetorical, and historical analyses of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975 into a single, coherent account. By all criteria, Atkinson has been fully successful in this endeavor. This book provides detailed descriptions of the history of the Royal Society itself; changes in the rhetorical structure and contexts of PTRS texts; and changes in the salient linguistic characteristics of texts across historical periods. Then, in the concluding chapters, Atkinson integrates these three perspectives, providing us with the most complete account of a scientific…
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