Good Style: Writing for Science and Technology

Kirkman, John

ISBN 10: 0415345022 / ISBN 13: 9780415345026

Published by Routledge (edition 2), 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Style: Writing for Science and Technology
• Publisher: Routledge (edition 2)
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415345022
• ISBN 13: 9780415345026
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Good Style explains the tactics that can be used to write technical material in a coherent, readable style. It discusses in detail the choices of vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure and each piece of advice is based on evidence of the styles prefered by technical readers and supported by many examples of writing from a variety of technical contexts.

John Kirkman draws from his many years of experience lecturing on communication studies in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Hong Kong, both in academic programmes and in courses for large companies, research centres and government departments.

Good Style has become a standard reference book on the shelf of students of science, technology and computing and is an essential aid to all professionals whose work involves writing of reports, papers, guides, manuals or on-screen texts. This new edition also includes information on writing for the web and additional examples of how to express medical and life-science information.

About the Author

John Kirkman now works as a consultant specialising in research and training in scientific and technical communication. Previously he was Director of the Communication Studies Unit at the University of Wales, Cardiff.