Loose Leaf Technical Writing for Engineers & Scientists (Loose Leaf)

Leo Finkelstein

ISBN 10: 1264163150 / ISBN 13: 9781264163151

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 2022

About this Item

Loose Leaf. The focus of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists is to teach engineering students the skill of technical writing. The book is unique in that it gets to the point, uses practical outlines throughout, and shows students how to produce the most common technical documents step-by-step. This title is useful for instructors looking to incorporate writing assignments into their already-packed classes, and for students looking for the nitty-gritty details about what they need to do to get the writing project done in their engineering and science classes.This edition is available with Connect, including the Writing Assignment Tool. Instructor Resources for this title include: Instructor's Manual, Accessible Lecture PPTs, and Image PPTs. Revised edition of: Pocket book of technical writing for engineers and scientists. 3rd. ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2008. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Loose Leaf Technical Writing for Engineers & Scientists (Loose Leaf)
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1264163150
• ISBN 13: 9781264163151
• Binding: Loose Leaf
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

The focus of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists is to teach engineering students the skill of technical writing. The book is unique in that it gets to the point, uses practical outlines throughout, and shows students how to produce the most common technical documents step-by-step. This title is useful for instructors looking to incorporate writing assignments into their already-packed classes, and for students looking for the nitty-gritty details about what they need to do to get the writing project done in their engineering and science classes.

This edition is available with Connect, including the Writing Assignment Tool. Instructor Resources for this title include: 
Instructor's Manual, Accessible Lecture PPTs, and Image PPTs.

About the Author

Leo Finkelstein, Jr., received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968; a master’s from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1969; and a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, in 1978. He was Lecturer and Director of Technical Communication for the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He directed the technical writing program at the U.S. Air Force Academy while also serving as adjunct faculty for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He wrote, produced, and directed technical films in Southern California and commanded a combat-documentation, photographic unit in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, flying combat missions as an aerial photographer. In addition, his military service included experience in both space and logistics systems. He held FCC commercial and amateur radio licenses, had a black belt in tae kwon do, and was an avid user of all types of gadgets.