Successful Scientific Writing
Successful Scientific Writing
$46.00
USDThoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of this acclaimed and best-selling guide offers a rich blend of practical advice and real-life examples. The authors draw on fifty years of experience, providing detailed step-by-step guidance designed to help students and researchers write and present scientific manuscripts more successfully through knowledge, practice, and an efficient approach. Retaining the user-friendly style of the previous editions, this fourth edition has been broadened to include detailed information relevant to today's digital world. It covers all aspects of the writing process, from first drafts, literature retrieval, and authorship to final drafts and electronic publication. A new section provides extensive coverage of ethical issues, from plagiarism and dual publication to honesty in reporting statistics. Both the text and 30 hands-on exercises include abundant examples applicable to a variety of writing contexts, making this a powerful tool for researchers and students across a range of disciplines.
- Written in an accessible and humorous style, drawing on the authors' fifty years of experience of writing and correcting scientific manuscripts
- Thoroughly updated for today's digital world, covering all aspects of the writing process and now including extensive coverage of ethical issues, including plagiarism
- 30 hands-on exercises and numerous real-life examples make the book a powerful tool for researchers and students across a range of scientific disciplines
Reviews & endorsements
"Successful Scientific Writing is a must-read for all scientists. It will be especially valuable for the first-time author of a scientific paper. It is indeed 'a step-by-step guide' - a comprehensive, straightforward walk through the writing process. The book's greatest strength is its distillation of information that could only have come from the practical experience of its authors. It is packed with advice on every aspect of writing the scientific paper. The section on improving 'anyone's scientific writing skills' alone is well worth the price. As a teacher of scientific writing I have used the previous editions of this book for years, and look forward to using the fourth edition as well."
Marguerite Meitzler, Council of Science Editors, Colorado
"… as it walks the reader through the steps necessary to produce strong writing, [this book] includes lots of information about online writing, ethics and (perhaps most timely of all), plagiarism. Absolutely essential for everyone who writes about science or medicine."
GrrlScientist, The Guardian
Product details
October 2014Adobe eBook Reader
9781316122037
0 pages
0kg
37 b/w illus. 31 tables 30 exercises
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Start with a plan
- 2. Conduct a comprehensive literature search
- 3. Prepare for the challenge
- 4. Begin well
- 5. Compose the IMRAD core of a strong first draft
- 6. Assemble the rest of the first draft
- 7. Compile tables to develop, clarify, and support your narrative
- 8. Include figures for evidence, efficiency, or emphasis
- 9. Report numbers clearly and responsibly
- 10. Revise for coherence
- 11. Improve style and syntax
- 12. Improve word choice
- 13. Attend to punctuation, capitalization, and other mechanics
- 14. Address your ethical and legal responsibilities
- 15. Oral presentation: adapt the text and visuals
- 16. Share your story in public: presenting talks and posters
- 17. Publication: the rest of the story
- Thirty exercises to improve anyone's scientific writing skills
- Selected resources
- Index.
