Writing for Science
eBook - PDF

Writing for Science

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Writing for Science

About this book

The most comprehensive writing guide available for science students and professional researchers.

This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. Detailed chapters cover every type of science writing, from routine forms, such as laboratory notes, abstracts, and memoranda, to the more complex writing required in dissertations, journal articles, and grant proposals. Using numerous extended examples, the book offers students and professionals alike the thorough, practical advice they need to optimize the effectiveness of their written communications.

Robert Goldbort discusses how best to approach various writing tasks as well as how to deal with the everyday complexities that may get in the way of ideal practice - difficult collaborators, experiments gone wrong, funding rejections. He underscores the importance of an ethical approach to science and scientific communication and insists on the necessity of full disclosure.

For working scientists, those seeking employment in the sciences, students taking on writing assignments or oral presentations, and professionals who hope to publish or acquire funding, this volume is an essential resource.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. 1. SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
  4. 2. LABORATORY NOTES
  5. 3. WORKPLACE SCIENTIFIC WRITING: LETTERS, MEMORANDA, AND ABSTRACTS
  6. 4. UNDERGRADUATE REPORTS IN THE SCIENCES
  7. 5. DOCUMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC SOURCES
  8. 6. SCIENTIFIC VISUALS
  9. 7. SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
  10. 8. SCIENTIFIC DISSERTATIONS
  11. 9. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL ARTICLES
  12. 10. SCIENTIFIC GRANT PROPOSALS
  13. NOTES
  14. REFERENCES
  15. INDEX