21W.777 The Science Essay, Spring 2004
Image of NASA's Cassini-Huygens project, a spacecraft and probe designed to study the planet Saturn. (Image courtesy of
NASA.)
Highlights of this Course
Course Description
This class celebrates, analyzes and practices the art and craft of the Science Essay - that is, writing for a general audience on topics in science and technology. We read a variety of essays, but writing and revision are the main work of the class. This class is conducted as a combination workshop/seminar style class. (It is not a lecture class.)