An Outline of Scientific Writing: For Researchers with English as a Foreign LanguageThis book is aimed at researchers who need to write clear and understandable manuscripts in English. Today, English is the official language of international conferences and most important publications in science and technology are written in English. Therefore, learning how to write in English has become part of the researcher's task. The book begins by discussing constructs of the English language such as sentence structure and word use. It then proceeds to discuss the style and convention used in scientific publications. Some of the topics covered include: Planning of a Manuscript; Authorship; References; Tables and Figures; Submission to a Journal; Production Schedules.This book is written at such a level that the reader should not have to resort to a dictionary. It includes many examples and exercises to clarify the rules and guidelines presented. |
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An excellent book for English-As-A-Second-Language writers! I am a PhD student in Warsaw, Poland and I found it very helpful when writing articles, reports, posters or preparing myself for a presentation in English. The author is a Chinese scientist living in USA, thus he is very appropriate for writing such a book. I learned much from it! :)
Contents
Word Choice | 3 |
Sentence Structure | 11 |
Paragraph Structure | 29 |
Preliminaries | 35 |
Title and Running Title | 41 |
Tables | 85 |
Discussion | 93 |
Summary of Preparing a Manuscript | 111 |
Submitting the Manuscript to a Journal | 117 |
Review and Decision | 123 |
First Proof | 129 |
Preparation of an Oral Presentation | 141 |
A IUPAC Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical | 147 |
B Some Standard Abbreviations and Symbols | 155 |
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| Title | An Outline of Scientific Writing: For Researchers with English as a Foreign Language World scientific |
| Authors | Jen Tsi Yang, Janet N. Yang |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | World Scientific, 1995 |
| ISBN | 9810224664, 9789810224660 |
| Length | 160 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General Technology & Engineering / Technical Writing |
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