The craft of scientific writing /
The craft of scientific writing is designed to help scientists and engineers write about their work clearly and effectively. Using scores of examples from a wide variety of authors and disciplines (including such well-known figures as Einstein, Bohr, and Freud), the book demonstrates the difference...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
1996
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Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Deciding where to begin
- Structure: Organizing your documents
- Structure: Providing transition, depth, and emphasis
- Language: Being precise
- Language: Being clear
- Language: being forthright
- Language: Being familiar
- Language: Being concise
- Language: Being fluid
- Illustration: Making the right choices
- Illustration: Creating the best designs
- Writing correspondence
- Writing proposals
- Writing instructions
- Preparing presentations
- Format: Dressing documents for success
- Actually sitting down to write.