: Can you legally write a book based on technical concepts that someone elseâ€™s coined? Is there any issues with writing a book and publishing it that is based on topics and concepts that the

Is there any issues with writing a book and publishing it that is based on topics and concepts that the technical industry previously coined? Several books have been written on the topics, I just wanted to add my view and expand on the topics.
This would be my first book, so I donâ€™t have much understand...
Or do I just need to cite them in the works cited references? Do I actually need to contact them and get written permission to reference their concepts in my book?
Sorry for all the newbie questions.

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You are essentially describing the purposes of Scientific writing. Scientific papers are written citing earlier works and then confirming, developing or possibly refuting them.

This is how science works.

Your suggestion of doing the same, with technical books replacing scientific papers, is just following the same principles. As long as you give full credit for where your quotes or concepts come from, and don't copy great tracts of text verbatim, there is no difference.

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