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For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
In a book I just finished reading it says that Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The
Canterbury Tales, was a technical writer. Six hundred years ago he wrote
"A Treatise on the Astrolabe," now recognized as a competitive piece of
technical writing. This document is used as an example of technical writing in
scientific journals.