Jean - You might consider looking at Bazerman, Charles. *Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the * *Experimental Article in Science*. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1988. Ryan Skinnell Arizona State University On 10/15/07, Katharine Patterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >I'm afraid that I cannot suggest such a text either, Jean, although I > >teach writing in science but you might find articles such as the > following > >a useful resource perhaps for a course reader: > > Varghese and Abraham. "Book-Length Scholarly Essays as a Hybrid Genre in > Science." Written Communication 21.2 (April 2004): 201-231. > > Katharine Patterson > > > Dr. K.B. Patterson > First Year English Coordinator > Department of English, UBC > > > > > > > > > >At 06:34 PM 15/10/2007 -0400, you wrote: > >>Can anyone suggest a text book for a course in communication and > science? > >>The course examines how critical scientific issues are communicated to > >>science's major stakeholders, the public, government, and within > >>scientific community itself. Thanks. Jean > >> > >>-- > >>Jean S. Mason, PhD > >>Associate Professor > >>Ryerson University http://www.ryerson.ca > >>Rogers Communications Centre > >>Faculty of Communication & Design > >>Department of Professional Communication > >>Graduate Program in Communication and Culture > >>Tel: 416 979-5000 ext. 6380 > >>Fax: 416 979-5120 > >>http://www.jeanmason.ca > >>MAILING ADDRESS: > >>350 Victoria Street > >>Toronto, ON., M5B 2K3 > >>Canada > >> > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > >> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > >> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >> > >>For the list archives and information about the organization, > >> its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > >> http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > > >For the list archives and information about the organization, > > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -- ------------------------------------------------------- Facts are famously remiss - drearily empty - when it is meaning we need and seek. --Patricia Sullivan, attributed to Robert Connors -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-