Writing for science /
Robert Goldbort.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.
- xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-314) and index.
Scientific English -- Laboratory notes -- Workplace scientific writing : letters, memoranda, and abstracts -- Undergraduate reports in the sciences -- Documentation of scientific sources -- Scientific visuals -- Scientific presentations -- Scientific dissertations -- Scientific journal articles -- Scientific grant proposals.
This book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. Chapters cover routine forms, such as laboratory notes, abstracts, and memoranda; dissertations; journal articles; and grant proposals. Robert Goldbort discusses how best to approach various writing tasks as well as how to deal with the everyday complexities that may get in the way of ideal practice--difficult collaborators, experiments gone wrong, funding rejections. He underscores the importance of an ethical approach to science and scientific communication and insists on the necessity of full disclosure.