First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Preface. Part 1. What needs to be communicated about science?, Introduction, Eileen Scanlon, Chapter 1. Perspectives on the nature of science, Chapter 2. Is the scientific paper a fraud?, Chapter 3. Scientific Discourse and it's History: Reflections and Prospects, Part 2. Communication between scientists, Introduction, Roger Hill, Chapter 4. Scientists in Communication, Chapter 5. Methods and Motives for Publishing Original Science Work in Science, Chapter 6. How to read a Scientific Article: Writing Summaries and Critiques, 7. How to Write a Scientific Paper, Chapter 8. Participation in Scientific Meetings: A New Prosographical Approach to the Disciplinary History of Science - the case of Immunology, 1951-1972, Chapter 9. Science and the Internet, Chapter 10. The Internet as a Medium for Science Communication, Chapter 11. Diffusion of Information across the Sciences, Chapter 12. Medical Knowledge for clinical problem solving: a structural analysis of clincal questions, Chapter 13. Interdisciplinary meetings: choices and organisation, Chapter 14. Cold Fusion and Hot History, Chapter 15. Cloning, Controversy and Communication, Chapter 16. Round in Circles: the scholar as author and end user in the electronic environment Communication between scientists, Part 3. Scientists Communicating with other professionals, Introduction, Kirk Junker, Chapter 17. Law and Society Serving One Master...Narrative, Chapter 18. Managing methane, Chapter 19. The Recombinant DNA debate