John Kirkman, Good style - Writing for science and technology

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Good style - Writing for science and technology(2nd,146s)
by John Kirkman

Manyprofessional people in science and technology have an excellent command oftheir scientific subject, but have difficulty in expressing their knowledge insimple, accurate English. Good Style explains the tactics that can be used toexpress scientific information in a coherent, readable style. The bookdiscusses in detail possible choices of vocabulary, phrasing and sentencestructure. The advice offered is based on evidence of the styles preferred byprofessional readers. Each piece of advice is supported by many examples of writingfrom a variety of scientific and technical contexts.

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

GoodStyle has become a standard reference book on the shelf of students of science,technology, medicine, and computing, and is an essential aid to allprofessionals whose work involves writing of reports, papers, guides, manuals,or on-screen texts (including material to be presented on the web). This newedition includes additional examples of how to express medical and life-scienceinformation.

JohnKirkman now works as a consultant specialising in research and training in scientificand technical communication. Previously he was Director of the CommunicationStudies Unit at the University of Wales, Cardiff.


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