"Have Them Read a Good Book": Enriching the Scientific and Technical Writing Curriculum.

Miles, Thomas H.

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Publication Date: 1989

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"Have Them Read a Good Book": Enriching the Scientific and Technical Writing Curriculum.

Miles, Thomas H.

Technical Writing Teacher, v16 n3 p221-32 Fall 1989

Lists approximately 200 recent science and technology book titles (some with annotations). Notes that this literature acquaints students with the history of science and technology and helps them understand debated philosophical issues. Includes the following subject areas: anthropology; chemistry; computers and artificial intelligence; ecology; geology; and medicine. (MG)

Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Enrichment, Higher Education, Natural Sciences, Sciences, Scientific and Technical Information, Technical Writing, Technology, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Guides - Non-Classroom

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