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Table of Contents:

• The language and rhetoric of science: using them to your advantage. Communicating science
• The language of science: historical realities for readers and writers
• Reading well: the first step to writing well
• Writing well: a few basics
• Writing very well: opportunities for creativity and elegance
• The review process: dealing with contents and discontents
• Through a flask darkly: plagiarism, fraud, and the ethics of authorship
• Communicating professionally: where, what, and how. Professional scientific communication: where does it happen?
• The scientific paper: a realistic view and practical advice
• Other types of writing: review articles, book reviews, debate/critique
• The proposal
• Graphics and their place
• Oral presentations: a few words
• The graduate thesis (dissertation): what it means and how to do it
• The online world: science in a new context
• Special topics in communicating science. For researchers with English as a foreign language
• Translating scientific material: guiding principles and realities
• Meet the press: how to be an effective and responsible source for the media
• Science writing and science talks: communicating with and for the public
• Teaching science communication: helpful ideas for the classroom

• In conclusion.

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Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Scott L. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Chicago guide to communicating science [by Montgomery, S.L.]

Related Series:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Subjects:

Communication of technical information

Communication in science

Technical writing

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 336 pages ; 23 cm.

Call Numbers:

T10.5 .M65 2017

ISBNs:

9780226144504 (paperback, alkaline paper)
022614450X (paperback, alkaline paper)
9780226144641 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2016025836

OCLC Numbers:

951563354