MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication

Name: MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
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ISBN: 9780262161428

ISBN-10: 0262161427

ISBN-13: 9780262161428

Edition: 1997

Authors: James G. Paradis, Muriel L. Zimmerman

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Good communication makes a difference. Any successful scientist or engineer will have multiple communication tasks connected with any project. Drawing on their considerable experience teaching both college students and science professionals, James Paradis and Muriel Zimmerman have written a handbook that treats four kinds of literacy -- written, oral, graphic, electronic -- as crucial and inseparable to science and engineering communication. The MIT Guideemphasizes processes and forms that will help in creating documents and includes numerous realistic examples. A special feature of the book is its acceptance of the fact that most work in science these days is collaborative and that…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/30/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English






Writing and Work


Collaborative Writing


Your Audience and Aims


Organizing and Drafting Documents


Revising for Organization and Style


Developing Graphics


Design of Page and Screen


Searching the Literature


Documenting Sources





Memos, Letters, and Electronic Mail


Proposals


Progress Reports


Reports


Journal Articles


Oral Presentations


Instructions, Procedures, and Computer Documentation


Electronic Doumentation


CVs, Resumes, and Job Correspondence


A Brief Handbook of Style and Usage