Successful Scientific Writing: A Step-By-step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences - Softcover

Matthews, Janice R.; Bowen, John M.; Matthews, Robert W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521789621 ISBN 13: 9780521789622

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Successful Scientific Writing is a user-friendly book of detailed practical guidance which will enable students and researchers in the biological and medical sciences to communicate their work effectively through the published literature. This new edition of the acclaimed step-by-step guide encompasses all aspects of typescript preparation from first to final draft, including efficient use of word processing, electronic database literature services, the Internet and email. The authors provide sensible guidance on inclusive word choices and communication when writers and readers have different first languages. Abundant examples, practical advice and self-help exercises draw on extensive experience with actual typescripts. A detailed index and numerous references make information easy to find. Applicable to a variety of scientific writing contexts in the sciences, Successful Scientific Writing is a powerful tool for improving individual skills, as well as an eminently suitable text for classroom courses or seminars on scientific writing.

About this title

Book Description

'This book is beyond reproach and should be regarded as compulsory reading for all biomedical science undergraduate and postgraduate students and all others likely to have to write or edit scientific reports.' Stuart B. Coghill, The Times Higher Education Supplement

About the Author

Janice Matthews is a scientist, writer, and educator with a broad background in the biological sciences and a professional focus on facilitating clearer communication of scientific material.  She has written and edited books, technical manuals, and hundreds of scientific research papers in the veterinary and biological sciences, both in university settings and for private industry. Robert W. Matthews is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia. An insect behavior specialist, his scientific publications number over 165 research articles. The two scientists have collaborated in entomological field studies in Australia, South and Central America, and the U.S.A. and have co-authored a number of technical and popular articles and books. They have six grown children and a Labradoodle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521789621
• ISBN 13: 9780521789622
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 252