New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication: Research, Theory, Practice -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH -- Chapter 1. Studying Writing in Non-Academic Settings -- Chapter 2. Revising Functional Documents: The Scenario Principle -- Chapter 3. Topical Focus in Technical Writing -- PART II: REASSESSING READABILITY -- Chapter 4. What Constitutes a "Readable" Technical Style? -- Chapter 5. A Cognitive Approach to Readability -- PART III: APPROACHES FROM RHETORIC, DISCOURSE THEORY, AND SOCIOLOGY -- Chapter 6. The Role of Models in Technical and Scientific Writing -- Chapter 7. A Rhetoric for Research in Sciences and Technologies -- Chapter 8. A Theoretical Perspective on "How To" Discourse -- Chapter 9. Scientific Writing as a Social Act: A Review of the Literature of the Sociology of Science -- PART IV: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Chapter 10. Style as Therapy in Renaissance Science -- Chapter 11. Bacon, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier: Early Language Reform in the Sciences -- PART V: REDEFINITION -- Chapter 12. What's Technical about Technical Writing? David N. Dobrin -- Contributors -- Baywood's Technical Communications Series -- Back Cover.