From Research to Manuscript A Guide to Scientific Writing

Name: From Research to Manuscript A Guide to Scientific Writing
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ISBN: 9781402040450

ISBN-10: 1402040458

ISBN-13: 9781402040450

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Jay Katz

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From Research to Manuscript, written in simple, straightforward language, explains how to understand and summarize a research project. It is a writing guide that goes beyond grammar and bibliographic formats, by demonstrating in detail how to compose the sections of a scientific paper. This book takes you from the data on your desk and leads you through the drafts and rewrites needed to build a thorough, clear science article. At each step, the book describes not only what to do but why and how. It discusses why each section of a science paper requires its particular form of information, and it shows how to put your data and your arguments into that form. Importantly, this writing manual…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction scientific papers used as examples


Tools and techniques


I


Stereotyped Format


Precise Language


A Single, Clear Direction


Reviewed And Made Available To Others


Words And Text


Write With Exactness And Clarity


How To Write


Numbers


Tables


Statistics


Figures


Basic Guidelines


Figure Legends


Graphs


Aesthetics of Numerical Figures


Scientific Patterns


The Scientific Paper


Research And Writing


Daily Lab Notebook


A Beginning Draft


Writing The Sections Of A Scientific Paper


Materials And Methods


Appendix


Results


Discussion


Conclusion


Introduction


Title


Abstract


References J. Footnotes K


Acknowledgements


Preparing To Publish


Gestation And Rewriting


Details Of Style


A Fresh Rewrite


A Friendly Critique


Read The Paper Backwards


Spelling


Responding To Editors And Referees A


Pre-critique Rewrite


The Comment-By-Comment Letter


Stay Calm


Appendixes


Words That Are Often Misused


Simplifying Wordy, Redundant, And Awkward Phrases


Standard Scientific Abbreviations


Typical Bibliographic Formats


Additional Reading