You’re describing a pop science book, and of course people write those too.
But research publishing is a traditionally internal dialog among people who ostensibly spent years being inducted into a common contextual foundation.
Post-web journalism and open access publishing might be challenging that tradition, but the answer is probably not to staple an introductory textbook to every paper.
But research publishing is a traditionally internal dialog among people who ostensibly spent years being inducted into a common contextual foundation.
Post-web journalism and open access publishing might be challenging that tradition, but the answer is probably not to staple an introductory textbook to every paper.