A scientific book is a scholarly book designed to publish original research and to stimulate debate among specialists. Scientific book, for the vast majority, are specialized in a particular aspect of a subject: science, technology and medicine (STM) or Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS). The articles are reviewed before publication by a reading committee composed [...]

There are numerous categories of medical books, generalist, specialist or for the general public. They may be on paper or accessible through the Internet (or both). They may contain summaries on a given topic or original research articles. The most serious books have a peer: the articles are submitted to a panel of experts before [...]

The appearance of educational books can be compared, as many books, with the invention of the printing press in 1454. That is, around 30 years later, precisely it was in 1470 that was published the first French textbook recognized as such by the current editors. This was a compilation in Latin, printed in Paris and [...]

The Latin origin of the word prose (family of "prodeo" and "prorsus") defines its meaning: "prosa oratio" is the lyrical expression of the thing, whether written or oral, which is moving forward as opposed to verse that overturns in a choice of rhythmic note layout. "Anything that is not prose is verse, and everything that [...]