Inventing the language of Things: the emergence of scientific reporting in seventeenth-century England.

As a style of writing and a form of communication, the modern scientific report enables the creation, sharing and continuous updating of natural knowledge in such a manner that the idiosyncrasies of ordinary language are reduced to a minimum. This article examines how the standards for scientific re...

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Publicado en:Annals of Science Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 474 - 510
Autor principal: Panayotova, Plamena
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2024
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