A short guide to writing about science:
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| adam_text | A SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE DAVID PORUSH RENSSELAER
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ! HARPERCOMINSCOLLEGEPUBLISBERS DETAILED CONTENTS
CHECKLISTS XIX PREFACE XXI 1*INTRODUCTION: SCIENCE WRITING AND THE
IMAGINATION 1 SCIENCE IS COMMUNICATION L WRITING AS A CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITY IN SCIENCE 3 FINDING YOUR REAL AUDIENCE 5 DEFINE THE GOALS
OF YOUR WRITING 6 IMAGINE YOUR AUDIENCE S NEEDS 6 PRACTICE FOR
REAL-WORLD WRITING 8 2*WHY GOOD SCIENTIFIC THINKING CAN LEAD TO BAD
SCIENCE WRITING 1O WHY SCIENCE WRITING TENDS TO BE SO COMPLEX 11 WHY
SCIENCE WRITING CONTAINS SO MUCH PASSIVE VOICE 12 WHY SCIENTISTS ARE
WARY OF DESCRIPTIVENESS 13 WHY SCIENCE WRITING IS PLAGUED BY OVERLY
CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE 14 WHY THE STYLE OF SCIENTIFIC PROSE IS
CONSERVATIVE 18 A SIMPLE CURE 19 IX X DETAILED CONTENTS 3*WRITING FROM
THE MOMENT OF OBSERVATION: LAB AND FIELD NOTEBQOKS 21 WRITING BEGINS IN
THE LAB AND THE FIELD 21 WHAT IS A LAB NOTEBOOK FOR? 23 WHAT MUST GO IN
THE LAB NOTEBOOK? 24 PREPARE THE NOTEBOOK 25 INTRODUCE THE EXPERIMENT 27
DESCRIBE THE MATERIALS COMPLETELY 27 DESCRIBE THE ASSEMBLY OF YOUR
APPARATUS 29 SAMPLE SETUP DESCRIPTION 31 DESCRIBE THE METHOD OR
PROCEDURE OF YOUR EXPERIMENT 32 PREPARE DATA SHEETS 33 FOLLOW GUIDELINES
FOR RECORDING DATA 34 SHOULD YOU SUBSTITUTE THE COMPUTER FOR A
HANDWRITTEN LAB NOTEBOOK? 35 ANALYZE THE DATA BRIEFLY 37 DRAW BASIC
TABLES AND GRAPHS 39 INTERPRET THE DATA BRIEFLY 43 DEFINE AND CALCULATE
THE PRECISION, ERROR, OR STANDARD DEVIATION IN YOUR OBSERVATIONS 46 DRAW
CONCLUSIONS BRIEFLY 47 SOME FINAL WORDS ABOUT THE LAB NOTEBOOK 47 4*FROM
LAB NOTEBOOK TO LAB REPORT 48 LAB NOTEBOOK VERSUS LAB REPORT 49 LETTER
OF TRANSMITTAL 50 TITLE/COVER PAGE 51 DETAILED CONTENTS XI ABSTRACT OR
SUMMARY 54 TABLE OF CONTENTS 54 INTRODUCTION 55 HYPOTHESIS OR EXPECTED
OUTCOME 56 LITERATURE REVIEW 57 METHODS SECTION 57 INTERPRETATIONS OF
DATA/CONCLUSIONS 57 SKETCHES OF APPARATUS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 58
CONCLUSION 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY OR LITERATURE CITED 59 NOMENCLATURE/GLOSSARY
60 APPENDICES 61 FINAL WORDS ABOUT THE LAB REPORT 62 5*PREPARING TO
WRITE THE RESEARCH PAPER 63 PREPARING TO WRITE 65 FROM LAB REPORT TO
RESEARCH ARTICLE 65 6*HOW TO WRITE TITLES 71 7*HOW TO WRITE ABSTRACTS 75
WHAT IS AN ABSTRACT? 75 WHEN DO YOU WRITE AN ABSTRACT? 75 WHERE DOES AN
ABSTRACT APPEAR? 76 WHY DO READERS NEED ABSTRACTS? 76 RULES OF THUMB FOR
WRITING THE ABSTRACT 77 WHAT YOU CAN LEAVE OUT 79 TYPES OF ABSTRACTS 79
XLL DETAILED CONTENTS INFORMATIVE ABSTRACTS 79 INDICATIVE ABSTRACTS 81
DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACTS (EXECUTIVE SUMMARY) 83 SOME FINAL WORDS ABOUT
ABSTRACTS 84 8*HOW TO WRITE THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION 85 TAKING TOO BROAD
AN APPROACH 85 TAKING TOO NARROW AN APPROACH 86 FINDING THE MIDDLE
GROUND 87 FINDING THE PROPER PITCH 87 A DIGRESSION ON THE QUESTION OF
WHERE PROBLEMS COME FROM 90 DEFINE THE PROBLEM USING PREWRITING
EXERCISES 91 WHAT AM I TRYING TO DISCOVER OR PROVE? 92 WHICH KIND OF
PROBLEM AM I WORKING ON? 92 RELATE THE PROBLEM TO THEORY 93 WHY IS THIS
PROBLEM NEW OR DISTINCTIVE? 95 9*HOW TO WRITE ABOUT HYPOTHESES, MODELS,
AND THEORIES (HMT) 98 THEORIES 99 MODELS 1OO HYPOTHESES 1O1 FORMULATE
THE HYPOTHESIS WITH THE HELP OF PREWRITING 101 HOW TO EVALUATE AND
COMPARE DIFFERENT HYPOTHESES, MODELS, OR THEORIES 1O4 DISCUSSIONS OF HMT
REQUIRE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WORDING 1O5 WHERE TO PUT YOUR DISCUSSION OF
HYPOTHESES, THEORIES, AND MODELS 1O9 DETAILED CONTENTS XJH 10* HOW TO
CITE AND LIST REFERENCES 112 WHY CITE THE LITERATURE? 112 WHERE TO CITE
THE LITERATURE 113 HOW TO CITE A REFERENCE FROM THE TEXT 113 HOW TO LIST
REFERENCES: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY 115 FINAL WORDS ABOUT CITATIONS 12O 11*HOW
TO WRITE THE MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION 121 PARTS OF THE M & M 121
WHAT IS METHOD? 122 POINTS TO CONSIDER IN THE M&M 123 12*HOW TO PRESENT
RESULTS 131 FINAL WORDS 135 13* HOW TO COMPOSE AND USE VISUAL MATERIAL
136 VISUAL PRESENTATIONS SHOULD SIMPLIFY INFORMATION 139 TABLES 142
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR USING FIGURES 144 GRAPHS 144 CHARTS/COMPUTER
FLOWCHARTS 145 ILLUSTRATIONS, SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS, AND LINE DRAWINGS 147
FINAL WORDS ABOUT PICTURES 148 14*HOW TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR INTERPRETATION
OF RESULTS 15O MAKE A CONVINCING CASE 151 ORDER YOUR PRESENTATION OF THE
DATA LOGICALLY 152 -XIV DETAILED CONTENTS LOGICAL LANGUAGE 156 BIASED
LANGUAGE 157 HOW TO COORDINATE YOUR PRESENTATION OF DATA 158 15* HOW TO
WRITE CONCLUSIONS 164 STATE YOUR CONCLUSIONS 164 RESTRICT OR EXPAND YOUR
RESULTS 165 COMPARE YOUR CONCLUSIONS WITH THOSE OF OTHERS - IN THE FIELD
167 DEFINE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 169 DON T BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS
UNCERTAINTIES 169 RECOMMEND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 170 EXPRESS A
BROADER VISION 171 FINAL WORDS ABOUT THE RESEARCH REPORT AND ARTICLE 172
16*HOW TO WRITE ABOUT SCIENCE IN ESSAYS AND TERM PAPERS OR REPORTS 174
FORMAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS VERSUS TERM PAPERS AND ESSAYS ON SCIENCE 175
STEPS IN WRITING THE ESSAY, REPORT, OR TERM PAPER 178 CHOOSE A TOPIC 178
BEGIN RESEARCHING THE TOPIC 178 NARROW YOUR TOPIC AND REFINE YOUR THESIS
179 ADOPT AN ANGLE OR POINT OF VIEW 179 WRITE THE PAPER 180 KINDS OF
SCIENCE ESSAYS 18O LEADS OR INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES 181 EXITS OR CLOSINGS
186 DETAILED CONTENTS XV THEMES AND TOPICS FOR SCIENCE ESSAYS AND TERM
PAPERS 189 THE STYLE OF SCIENCE ESSAYS 194 ESTABLISH A POINT OF VIEW 195
USE ANALOGIES 196 USE METAPHORS, BUT EXERCISE CAUTION 197 SOME
CAUTIONARY WORDS ABOUT TELLING SCIENCE AS A STORY 198 17* REVISING AND
EDITING 2OO THE REAL WRITING IS IN THE REWRITING 2OO AN EXERCISE IN
EDITING 2O1 EDITING MEANS MORE THAN FIXING ERRORS 2O4 SIX STEPS TO DEEP
EDITING 2O6 18*A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO STYLE 2O9 HOW DO SENTENCES WORK?
21O AVOID ORPHANED VERBS 211 LINKS, CONTEXTS, AND/OR THE SUBJECT OF A
SENTENCE SHOULD COME FIRST 213 USE TRANSITIONAL WORDS TO HELP THE FLOW
OF IDEAS 213 NEW AND/OR IMPORTANT INFORMATION SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE
LAST PART OF THE SENTENCE 215 USING FORMS OF THE VERB TO BE MAKES WEAK
LINKS 216 USE ACTIVE VOICE AND AVOID PASSIVE VOICE 216 USE VERBS; AVOID
NOMINALIZATION AND NOUN STRINGS 222 GETTING CHEAP WITH WORDS IS
INEFFICIENT 223 DON T BURY IMPORTANT POINTS IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES OR
SUB-SUBORDINATE CLAUSES 225 FINAL WORDS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC STYLE 227 XVI
DETAILED CONTENTS 19*HO WAND WHEN TO DEFINE YOUR TERMS 228 HOW TO DEFINE
TERMS 229 A NOTE ON JARGON 233 THE PERILS OF ASSUMING YOUR AUDIENCE IS
IN THE KNOW 234 2O*HOW TO USE NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, UNITS, FORMULAS, AND
EQUATIONS 235 NUMBERS 235 MEASURES AND DIMENSIONS 237 NUMBERING LISTS
AND ITEMS 238 EQUATIONS AND FORMULAS 238 FINAL WORDS ABOUT MATHEMATICS
AND SCIENCE WRITING 239 21 *CONCLUSION: ONE WORLD- SCIENCE AND WRITING
24O SCIENCE IS NOT ONLY A RATIONAL ACTIVITY 241 SCIENCE ALWAYS INVOLVES
A POINT OF VIEW 242 THERE IS NO SCIENCE WITHOUT SOMEONE TELLING ITS
STORY 244 THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SCIENCE WRITING 246 SCIENCE TELLS
MANY DIFFERENT STORIES 247 THE SCIENTIST COAUTHORS THE SCRIPT OF SCIENCE
249 APPENDIX A: AVOIDING SEXIST LANGUAGE 25O LESS DESIRABLE SOLUTIONS TO
SEXIST LANGUAGE 253 APPENDIX B: STYLE GUIDES, ARTICLES, MANUALS, AND
BOOKS ON WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE 256 DISCIPLINARY STYLE GUIDES 256
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS 256 DETAILED CONTENTS
XVH GENERAL STYLE GUIDES 257 RESEARCH ABOUT SCIENCE WRITING 258 APPENDIX
C: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS 259 ENDNOTES
263 INDEX 269
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