The Scientist's Guide to Writing

Stephen B. Heard

2020

306 páginas

10h 12m

ISBN-13: 9780691170213

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. What Writing Is -- 1. On Bacon, Hobbes, and Newton, and the Selfishness of Writing Well -- 2. Genius, Craft, and What This Book Is About -- Part II. Behavior -- 3. Reading -- 4. Managing Your Writing Behavior -- 5. Getting Started -- 6. Momentum -- Part III. Content and Structure -- 7. Finding and Telling Your Story -- 8. The Canonical Structure of the Scientific Paper -- 9. Front Matter and Abstract -- 10. The Introduction Section -- 11. The Methods Section -- 12. The Results Section -- 13. The Discussion Section -- 14. Back Matter -- 15. Citations -- 16. Deviations from the IMRaD Canon -- Part IV. Style -- 17. Paragraphs -- 18. Sentences -- 19. Words -- 20. Brevity -- Part V. Revision -- 21. Self-Revision -- 22. Friendly Review -- 23. Formal Review -- 24. Revision and the "Response to Reviews"--Part VI. Some Loose Threads -- 25. The Diversity of Writing Forms -- 26. Managing Coauthorships -- 27. Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers -- Part VII. Final Thoughts -- 28. On Whimsy, Jokes, and Beauty: Can Scientific Writing Be Enjoyed? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Permanent URLs -- Index