Tagged: textbook

Explore ancient science books on-line - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Dec 14, 2009 •

• History,
• medicine,
• photos,
• scientific literature,
• textbook,
• writing

Read ancient science books on-line in their original form. Recently I introduced the Royal Society of London’s 350 anniversary Trailblazing website portraying historic work and providing links to the originals from the pages of the Philosophical Transactions. If you haven’t seen this already, check it out. (Source: NLM) I’ve just … Read More

Textbook proposals - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Oct 21, 2009 •

• science communication,
• textbook,
• writing

If you’re planning to write a textbook, or are tempted to, try reading this blog article by Nature senior editor Henry Gee. It’s good food for thought. Any non-fiction or textbook writers here? (Or publishers, or editors for that matter.) What are your experiences or advice? … Read More