UID:
almafu_9959231933102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-42787-7
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9786613427878
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0-19-990951-2
Content:
As a scientist, you are a professional writer: your career is built on successful proposals and papers. Success isn't defined by getting papers into print, but by getting them into the reader's consciousness. Writing Science is built upon the idea that successful science writing tells a story. It uses that insight to discuss how to write more effectively. Integrating lessons from other genres of writing with those from the author's years of experience as author, reviewer, and editor, the book shows scientists and students how to present their research in a way that is clear and that will maxim
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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1 Writing in Science -- 2 Science Writing as Storytelling -- 3 Making a Story Sticky -- 4 Story Structure -- 5 The Opening -- 6 The Funnel: Connecting O and C -- 7 The Challenge -- 8 Action -- 9 The Resolution -- 10 Internal Structure -- 11 Paragraphs -- 12 Sentences -- 13 Flow -- 14 Energizing Writing -- 15 Words -- 16 Condensing -- 17 Putting it All Together: Real Editing -- 18 Dealing with Limitations -- 19 Writing Global Science -- 20 Writing for the Public -- 21 Resolution -- Appendix A: My Answers to Revision Exercises -- Appendix B: Writing Resources.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-976023-3
Language:
English
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