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From Research to Manuscript : A Guide to Scientific Writing /

By: Katz, Michael Jay [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.Description: XII, 152 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402040719.Subject(s): Science | Chemistry | Science | Science, general | Professional & Vocational Education | Biomedicine general | Chemistry/Food Science, generalDDC classification: 500 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
From the contents Introduction. Scientific Papers used as Examples -- Tools and Techniques. The Standards. Words and Text. Numbers. Figures. Scientific Patterns -- The Scientific Paper. Research and Writing. Writing the Sections of a Scientific Paper -- Preparing to Publish. Gestation and Rewriting. Responding to Editors and Referees. Appendixes.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 recognizes that experiments in different disciplines need different presentations, and it is illustrated with examples from well-written papers on a wide variety of scientific subjects. As a textbook or as an individual tutorial, From Research to Manuscript belongs in the library of every serious science writer and editor.
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From the contents Introduction. Scientific Papers used as Examples -- Tools and Techniques. The Standards. Words and Text. Numbers. Figures. Scientific Patterns -- The Scientific Paper. Research and Writing. Writing the Sections of a Scientific Paper -- Preparing to Publish. Gestation and Rewriting. Responding to Editors and Referees. Appendixes.

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 recognizes that experiments in different disciplines need different presentations, and it is illustrated with examples from well-written papers on a wide variety of scientific subjects. As a textbook or as an individual tutorial, From Research to Manuscript belongs in the library of every serious science writer and editor.

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