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Enjoy writing your science thesis or dissertation! : a step-by-step guide to planning and writing a thesis or dissertation for undergraduate and graduate science students /

By: Fisher, Elizabeth [author.].
Contributor(s): Thompson, Richard (Richard Charles), 1955- [author.] | Holtom, Daniel. Enjoy writing your science thesis or dissertation! [advisor and author of previous edition.].
Publisher: London ; Imperial College Press, 2014Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781783264209; 9781783264209:; 1783264209; 9781783264216; 1783264217.Subject(s): Technical writing | Dissertations, Academic | Academic Dissertations as Topic | WritingDDC classification: 808.0665
Contents:
Overview -- Getting organised -- Your references or bibliography -- Planning and writing your literature review -- Planning and writing your materials and methods/experimental techniques -- Planning and writing your results -- Planning and writing your discussion and conclusion -- Planning and writing your introduction -- Deciding on your title and writing your abstract -- The other bits -- Other people's work -- Layout -- Numbers, errors, and statistics -- Figures and tables -- Proofreading, printing, binding, and submission -- The viva and thereafter or "And you thought it was all over ..." -- Supervision -- The use of English in scientific writing -- Appendix 1: Easily confused words -- Appendix 2: Prefixes and suffixes -- Appendix 3: Wordy words and phrases -- Appendix 4: Words that cause vagueness -- Appendix 5: Latin words and abbreviations -- Appendix 6: The Greek alphabet -- Appendix 7: SI units.
Summary: Written in a plain and accessible style with apposite cartoons and anecdotes, this text gives practical advice about how to plan, write, edit, present, and submit a successful thesis.
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Previous edition by Daniel Holtom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- Getting organised -- Your references or bibliography -- Planning and writing your literature review -- Planning and writing your materials and methods/experimental techniques -- Planning and writing your results -- Planning and writing your discussion and conclusion -- Planning and writing your introduction -- Deciding on your title and writing your abstract -- The other bits -- Other people's work -- Layout -- Numbers, errors, and statistics -- Figures and tables -- Proofreading, printing, binding, and submission -- The viva and thereafter or "And you thought it was all over ..." -- Supervision -- The use of English in scientific writing -- Appendix 1: Easily confused words -- Appendix 2: Prefixes and suffixes -- Appendix 3: Wordy words and phrases -- Appendix 4: Words that cause vagueness -- Appendix 5: Latin words and abbreviations -- Appendix 6: The Greek alphabet -- Appendix 7: SI units.

Written in a plain and accessible style with apposite cartoons and anecdotes, this text gives practical advice about how to plan, write, edit, present, and submit a successful thesis.

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