The Challenge of Science Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Technical Writing and Audience Understanding
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Summary
The article discusses the challenges of science communication and technical writing, emphasizing the importance of knowing your audience. It critiques how advice about audience awareness is often given without practical examples, and explores the gap between formal scientific literature written for scientists and popular science publications that aim to bridge this gap for broader audiences.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOne of the first rules you learn about technical writing is, "Know your audience."
Science communication is famously a hard problem.
The formal scientific literature is often written with an intended audience of other scientists.
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