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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457771403321

Autore

Lebrun Jean-Luc

Titolo

Scientific writing 2.0 [[electronic resource] ] : a reader and writer's guide / / Jean-Luc Lebrun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011

ISBN

1-283-43382-6

9786613433824

981-4350-61-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

808.06/6

808.066

808.0665

Soggetti

Technical writing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The expanded edition with writing diagnosis tool on DVD for MAC and PC."

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The reading toolkit -- pt. 2. Paper structure and purpose.

Sommario/riassunto

The book helps scientists write papers for scientific journals. Using the key parts of typical scientific papers (Title, Abstract, Introduction, Visuals, Structure, and Conclusions), it shows through numerous examples, how to achieve the essential qualities required in scientific writing, namely being clear, concise, convincing, fluid, interesting, and organized. To enable the writer to assess whether these parts are well written from a reader's perspective, the book also offers practical metrics in the form of six checklists, and even an original Java application to assist in the evaluation.