A scientific approach to writing for engineers and scientists / Robert E. Berger.

Author
Berger, Robert E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Press ; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]
Description
xxiv, 215 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "This book is a guide to technical writing, presented in a systematic framework that mirrors the logic associated with the scientific process itself. Other English books merely define concepts and provide rules; this one explains the reasoning behind the rules. Other writing books for scientists and engineers focus primarily on how to gather and organize materials; this one focuses primarily on how to compose a readable sentence. The approach should be satisfying not only to scientists and engineers, but also to anyone who once took a grammar course but can't remember the rules--because there was no exposure to underlying principles"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction to the approach
    • Qualifiers used in sentences
    • Subordinate clauses used as qualifiers
    • Explanatory phrases, participle phrases, and major prepositional phrases
    • Infinitive phrases, and the general rule for punctuating qualifiers
    • Sentences with two qualifiers
    • Higher orders of punctuation
    • Strategies to improve sentences with qualifiers
    • Two-item lists
    • Multiple-item lists
    • Strategies for writing better lists
    • Adjectives and adverbs
    • Precision in word usage
    • Paragraphs
    • Arguments
    • Justification of arguments
    • Organization and presentation.
    ISBN
    • 9781118832523 (paperback)
    • 1118832523 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2013051205
    OCLC
    857850202
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