Thog's Science Masterclass #2

[realthog]

 

". . . an inconceivable fraction that can be written out as 1/10 preceded by 32 zeros . . ."

    -- Deepak Chopra, Quantum Healing, 1989

Comments

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

*nod*

I tried to steer her more in the direction of his texts about healing rather than spirituality. And I did make her put back his novel. (Next, though...tempted to push "The Celestine Prophecy" and a book about the Findhorn gardens. Your own garden gnome to commune with your green beans! What could be better?)

In re: the comment above about house style, I have an industry question. Why would house style overrule scientific notation (I lack a more precise term)?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Outside the academic/scientific houses, the majority of copyeditors -- and of editors in general, including the people who draw up the house styles -- are (and I use the term descriptively rather than pejoratively) scientifically illiterate. Many are sensible enough, when working with pop science texts, to bow to expert advice on how the scientific aspects should be handled. But many aren't.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

All part of the service, ma'am.