Art of Scientific Writing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527264671 ISBN 13: 9783527264674

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Synopsis

This review of practical methods of stereoselective synthesis emphasizes recent advances and embraces a wide variety of subjects. Among the subjects are hydrogenations over chiral catalysts, reductions with chiral hydride donors, stereoselective epoxidations, pericyclic reactions, and the rapidly expanding field of ''acyclic stereoselection''. The book is intended for the practical-minded, synthetic organic chemist rather than the theoretician. It presents much of its information in figures and tables. Methods of low selectivity or efficiency are omitted, and mechanistic proposals and theoretical interpretations are treated only briefly.

About this title

From the Publisher

A highly readable text on scientific communication - with all its ramifications from writing the most effective text to getting it published. The handbook will also serve as a ready-reference book for every emergency an author may encounter (for example, an important galley correction has been made, a Note Added in Proof must be inserted, a copyright contract must be studied). Finally, the volume is a complete and lucid description of all methods and processes used in writing and printing - to be looked up if an unfamiliar technical term is encountered.

From the Back Cover

Most scientists live in a "publish or perish" environment, but few would describe themselves as brilliant writers. Coming to the aid of all those wishing to improve the quality of their scientific writing, three experienced authors from differing backgrounds and cultures have worked together to compile this classic guide to scientific writing.
This new edition has been completely revised to reflect dramatic changes in communication over the past 15 years. The primary emphasis is on writing techniques, accurate expression, adherence to accepted standards, and above all clarity, but the authors also venture into communication technology and organizational as well as ethical aspects of science.

"The authors have a passion, not only for clarity and economy of style, but also for precision and consistency."
(Nature)

"A wealth of information contained in a single book of manageable proportions. Students reporting on a simple laboratory experiment and their teachers preparing a paper or lecture will both find this book a constant companion."
(European Science Editing)

"The book under review claims, 'we know of no book as broad in its coverage, as critical in its analysis of existing trends, and as international in its scope'. This claim is immodest but accurate."
(Trends in Pharmacological Sciences)

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3527264671
• ISBN 13: 9783527264674
• Binding: Hardcover