Popular science articles

Popular science journal Many magazines present scientific findings to people who are not experts.

Articles in science and technology magazines are a challenging type of technical communication. Because readers are not experts, concepts must be simplified, and only the most important information is supplied. However, a fine line exists between simplification and distorting the true picture.

The sidebar shown here was published in Byte magazine. It was written in conjunction with a technical writer from the magazine and is based on material contained in M. Unwalla's research on file partitioning.

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