| Description |
1 online resource (377 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; CHAPTER 1. THE SEMANTIC ENVIRONMENT OF SCIENCE; CHAPTER 2. BEFORE YOU BEGIN; CHAPTER 3. ORGANIZING AND WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT; CHAPTER 4. SEARCHING AND REVIEWING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; CHAPTER 5. THE PROPOSAL; CHAPTER 6. THE GRADUATE THESIS; CHAPTER 7. PUBLISHING IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; CHAPTER 8. STYLE AND ACCURACY IN THE FINAL DRAFT; CHAPTER 9. REVIEWING AND REVISING; CHAPTER 10. TITLES AND ABSTRACTS; CHAPTER 11. PRESENTING DATA |
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CHAPTER 12. ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUESCHAPTER 13. SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS; CHAPTER 14. COMMUNICATION WITHOUT WORDS; CHAPTER 15. VISUAL AIDS TO COMMUNICATION; CHAPTER 16. THE ORAL PRESENTATION; CHAPTER 17. POSTER PRESENTATIONS; CHAPTER 18. GROUP COMMUNICATIONS; CHAPTER 19. COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER AUDIENCES; CHAPTER 20. TO THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT; Appendix 1. Weaknesses in Scientific Writing; Appendix 2. The First Draft; Appendix 3. Sample Manuscri |
| Summary |
Electronic publishing and electronic means of text and data presentation have changed enormously since the first edition was first published in 1997. This second edition applies traditional principles to today's, modern techniques. In addition to substantial changes on the poster presentations and visual aids chapters, the chapter on proposal writing discusses in more detail grant writing proposals. A new chapter has also been dedicated to international students studying in the United States |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Technical writing.
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Communication of technical information.
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technical writing.
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Communication of technical information
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Technical writing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780080525211 |
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0080525210 |
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