Similarities between Scientific and Dramatic Prose

• Reuben Hudson ^[1]
  1. [1] McGill University

     McGill University

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 92, Nº 5, 2015, págs. 781-783
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Most approaches for teaching the art of scientific writing focus overwhelmingly on the technical and less on the art itself. To tickle the imagination and creativity of educators hoping to provide a more balanced curriculum, the following discussion illustrates that the elements of dramatic structure are no more relevant to playwrights than they are to the authors of scientific manuscripts. One can appreciate this connection between scientific and dramatic prose by analyzing a manuscript as one would a play, and vice versa. By stressing these intrinsic similarities, chemical educators have a chance to foster young scientists who are as creative in their prose as they are in their research.