Some implications of "digital" for scholarly writing and communication

Category: science communication

Failure in science

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From the handbook to the conference (graphic by Litza Jansz)

This fascinating one-day event, at Imperial College, London, looked at failure from many angles. Speakers included established professors, writers, publishers, as well as early career researchers, on what failure means, …

A not very revolutionary history of science

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The March of Intellect, by William Heath, 1829, satirizing the Whig idea of steady progress of society through science and technology

The chance to hear Nobel prize-winner Paul Nurse speak (at the Ernst  Chain Memorial Lecture, Imperial College) was too good …

Annotation: the scholarly goldmine

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The first page of the Geneva Bible, 1560 edition – with annotations

The literature review is one of the core components of the scholarly lifecycle. To begin your research, you see what has been said and done. Life being short, you …

Philip Ball: How Life Works

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How Life Works is a fascinating read: how successful is it as an example of science communication?

Philip Ball, a prolific science author and communicator, is a member of a very rare group: not only a former researcher himself, but someone …

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