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In Science for 23 April 1954 there were articles on the frequent wordy emptiness and awkward style in scientific writings. Most of the examples quoted and discussed, although poorly written, were in correct English, but the matter is more serious than that: In the mathematical field, at least, outright errors are not uncommon.
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This note was first published in Science 120 (1954): 434.
Times have changed. S. Andreski in the first chapter of his book, Social Sciences as Sorcery, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1972
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Truesdell, C. (1984). A Comment on Scientific Writing (1954). In: An Idiot’s Fugitive Essays on Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8185-3_12
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