Scientific and Technical Communication
Krishna Subramanyam · 2020
Scientific knowledge is the objective knowledge of the universe and its phenomena, generated by the scientific method of inquiry and validated to conform with empirical observations of natural phenomena. Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity is an extension and a generalization of Isaac Newton’s classical mechanics; the heliocentric theory of Copernicus rejected and replaced Ptolemy’s geocentric theory, then prevailing. Scientific Traditionally, scientists have been zealous in guarding the high standards of scholarship and quality of the work reported in scientific literature. The channels of communication are accessible to anyone who satisfies the requirements of quality as set forth by scientists themselves. The primary aim of the preliminary communication is to establish priority for an invention or breakthrough that may result from the investigation. A secondary purpose of such preliminary communication is to disseminate nascent information on research to enable other members of the scientific community to remain abreast of developments in the wavefront of knowledge.