Nobel Prize Winners for Literature as Palliative for Scientific English

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Sachi Sri Kantha

Croatian Medical Journal, Vol.44(1), pp.20-23

2003

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Title: Nobel Prize Winners for Literature as Palliative for Scientific English
Author/Creator: Sachi Sri Kantha
Publication Details: Croatian Medical Journal, Vol.44(1), pp.20-23
Annotation: Laments the poor quality of contemporary scientific writing, suggesting a reading list of Nobel Prize-winning authors (e.g. Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, Hemingway) for those medical scientists interested in improving their writing skills. Praises Hemingway s economical prose style and clarity of thought in his 1920 essay entitled A Free Shave.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015130884903691