Writing science in plain English / Anne E. Greene.
"This short, focused guide presents twelve principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including concrete subjects, strong verbs, consistent terms, and organized paragraphs. The author, an experienced teacher of scientific writing, illustrates each principl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
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| Summary: | "This short, focused guide presents twelve principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including concrete subjects, strong verbs, consistent terms, and organized paragraphs. The author, an experienced teacher of scientific writing, illustrates each principle with real-life examples of both good and bad writing and shows how to revise bad writing to make it better. She ends each chapter with practice exercises so that readers can come away with new writing skills after just one sitting."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 124 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226026374 022602637X 022602640X 9780226026404 |