The craft of scientific writing /
By: Alley, Michael [author.].
Publisher: New York : Springer, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xx, 298 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781441982872; 9781441982872:; 1441982876.Subject(s): Technical writing | Science | WritingDDC classification: 808.0666Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes appendices, bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Analyzing the audience, purpose, and occasion -- Balancing precision with clarity -- Avoiding ambiguity -- Sustaining energy -- Connecting your ideas -- Beginning with the familiar -- Organizing the content for the audience -- Providing proper emphasis -- Adapting your style to emails, instructions, and proposals -- Using your writing time efficiently-- Conclusion.
This title uses scores of examples to show the differences between scientific writing that informs and persuades and scientific writing that does not. It identifies five key elements of style that distinguish the best scientific documents.