The Scientist's Guide to Writing : : How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career / / Stephen B. Heard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Heard, Stephen B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 17 tables.

The ability to write clearly is critical to any scientific career. The Scientist's Guide to Writing provides practical advice to help scientists become more effective writers so that their ideas have the greatest possible impact.Drawing on his own experience as a scientist, graduate adviser, an...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I. What Writing Is
• 1. On Bacon, Hobbes, and Newton, and the Selfishness of Writing Well
• 2. Genius, Craft, and What This Book Is About
• Part II. Behavior
• 3. Reading
• 4. Managing Your Writing Behavior
• 5. Getting Started
• 6. Momentum
• Part III. Content and Structure
• 7. Finding and Telling Your Story
• 8. The Canonical Structure of the Scientific Paper
• 9. Front Matter and Abstract
• 10. The Introduction Section
• 11. The Methods Section
• 12. The Results Section
• 13. The Discussion Section
• 14. Back Matter
• 15. Citations
• 16. Deviations from the IMRaD Canon
• Part IV. Style
• 17. Paragraphs
• 18. Sentences
• 19. Words
• 20. Brevity
• Part V. Revision
• 21. Self- Revision
• 22. Friendly Review
• 23. Formal Review
• 24. Revision and the "Response to Reviews"
• Part VI. Some Loose Threads
• 25. The Diversity of Writing Forms
• 26. Managing Coauthorships
• 27. Writing in English for Non- Native Speakers
• Part VII. Final Thoughts
• 28. On Whimsy, Jokes, and Beauty: Can Scientific Writing Be Enjoyed?
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Permanent URLs
• Index