Mastering scientific and medical writing : a self-help guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Rogers, Silvia M. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin : Springer, c2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 146 p.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8882253 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Good versus poor scientific writing: an orientation
- Words and units: orthography and punctuation
- Forming sentences: grammar
- Putting it nicely: style
- Redundancy and jargon: focusing on the essentials
- Structuring scientific texts: getting the "story" out
- Avoiding discrimination: ethics of scientific writing
- Quoting published material: reference formats
- Appendix: Scientific writing rules at a glance ; American English versus British English: groups of words affected by the different spelling ; The main punctuation marks in scientific writing ; Awkward phrases to avoid ; A light-hearted view of scientific jargon ; List of academic degrees and honors.