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A scientific approach to writing for engineers and scientists / Robert E. Berger.
Author
Berger, Robert E.
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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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Harold P. Furth Plasma Physics Library - Stacks
T11 .B445 2014
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Technical writing
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Communication in science
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Series
IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series
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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.
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ISBN
9781118832523 (paperback)
1118832523 (paperback)
LCCN
2013051205
OCLC
857850202
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