Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide
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- Author/s: Rogers, Silvia M.
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- ISBN: 9783540345077
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 164 pages
- Publication date: 4 December 2006
- Dimensions: 155mm (Width), 235mm (Height), 7mm (Spine width)
- Weight: 254g
Overview
Intended for scientific and medical professionals and students who wish to improve their scientific writing skills. This book contains exercises that invite the reader to practice important aspects of scientific writing.
Full Details
This self-help guide is intended for scientific and medical professionals and students who wish to improve their scientific writing skills. Exercises invite the reader to practice the most important aspects of scientific writing. Although the book addresses certain issues more troublesome to scientific communicators of a non-English language origin, the guide will be of equal benefit to those whose first language is English. If you do not only want to write but want to write well, this book is for you.
Contents
Introduction.- Good versus poor scientific writing: An orientation.- Spelling words and units: Orthography and conventions.- Forming words and sentences.- Putting it nicely: Style.- Structuring scientific texts: Getting the story out.- Ethics of writing in science.- Reference formats.- Appendix.- References.- Subject index.- Exercises.- Solutions to Exercises.
