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Institutional Literacies Engaging Academic IT Contexts for Writing and Communication

Selber Stuart A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226699349, ISBN: HB: 9780226699202, University of Chicago Press, June 2020
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 tables, 2 line drawings

Information technologies have become an integral part of writing and communication courses, shaping the ways students and teachers think about and do their work. But, too often, teachers and other educational stakeholders take a passive or simply rea...

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Artful History A Practical Anthology

Sachs Aaron, Demos John

ISBN: PB: 9780300239904, Yale University Press, April 2020
304 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm

Is there any reason that serious historical scholarship cannot receive literary expression? Isn't it possible that the most committed empiricists and postmodernists might both achieve better results by thinking of writing as a craft, rather than just...

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History

Collecting Experiments Making Big Data Biology

Strasser Bruno J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226635040, ISBN: HB: 9780226634999, University of Chicago Press, June 2019
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones

Databases have revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives. Information of all sorts is being collected on a massive scale, from Google to Facebook and well beyond, to produce new knowledge. But as the amount of information in databases explodes,...

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Colouring Books for Adults

Doodling for Academics A Coloring and Activity Book

Schumacher Julie

ISBN: PB: 9780226467047, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
96 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 40 line drawings

To an outsider, working as a university professor might seem like a dream: summers off, a few hours of class each week, an exchange of ideas with brilliant colleagues, books and late afternoon lattes... Who wouldn't envy that life? But those in the t...

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Going Public A Guide for Social Scientists

Stein Arlene, Daniels Jessie

ISBN: PB: 9780226364780, ISBN: HB: 9780226364643, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
224 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 9 line drawings, 1 table

At a time when policy discussions are dominated by "I feel" instead of "I know," it is more important than ever for social scientists to make themselves heard. When those who possess in-depth training and expertise are excluded from public debates ab...

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Writer's Diet A Guide to Fit Prose

Sword Helen

ISBN: PB: 9780226351988, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
88 pp., 19x13.9 cm

Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, "The Writer's Diet" is for you! It's a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness. Helen Sword dispenses with e...

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Handbook for Science Public Information Officers

Shipman W. Matthew

ISBN: PB: 9780226179469, ISBN: HB: 9780226179322, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
176 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 1 table

Whether sharing a spectacular shot from a deep-space probe, announcing a development in genetic engineering, or crafting an easy-to-reference list of cancer risk factors, science public information officers, or PIOs, serve as scientific liaisons, con...

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Gender Studies

Women Studies

Critical Terms for the Study of Gender

Stimpson Catharine R., Herdt Gilbert

ISBN: PB: 9780226774817, University of Chicago Press, June 2014
536 pp., 23x15 cm

"Gender systems pervade and regulate human lives – in law courts and operating rooms, ballparks and poker clubs, hair-dressing salons and kitchens, classrooms and playgroups... Exactly how gender works varies from culture to culture, and from histori...

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Life in Museums Managing Your Museum Career

Stevens Greg, Luke Wendy

ISBN: PB: 9781933253701, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
210 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm

From the experienced leader or the midcareer professional hoping for a promotion to a recent grad applying for a first internship, "A Life in Museums" provides every museum professional, both experts and novices, with information for reaching their c...

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Eloquent Science A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker and Scientist

Schultz David M.

ISBN: PB: 9781878220912, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, December 2009
448 pp., 23x17.8 cm, 5 halftones, 20 line drawings, 10 tables

"Eloquent Science" evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for their eventual scientific careers. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this...

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