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ERIC Number: EJ556780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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From Secrets to Science: Technical Writing, Utility, and the Hermetic Tradition in Agricola's "De Re Metallica."
Longo, Bernadette
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v27 n4 p353-59 1997
Relates that, in the mid-1500s, Agricola combined the traditions of Hermetic secrets and handbooks to compile mining lore into "De Re Metallica," in which he wrote clearly and simply, illustrated information with graphics, and rationalized use of occult knowledge based on utility. States his text paved the way for philosophers to legitimate scientific knowledge based on experience. (PA)
Descriptors: Guides, Mining, Scientific and Technical Information, Technical Writing, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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