Outlines in Scientific Presentations
November 6, 2009 Filed under Blog, Presentations
I asked my friends and colleagues for quotations that I could put in the book. I had way more than I could use. Here is one that was not used. This might be controversial, but I never start a talk with an outline of what I’m going to talk about. If it’s a short talk […]
American versus British English
[DMS: This was a sidebar that I cut from the book. Even before I met and married my British–Australian wife, I had this sidebar in mind very early in the planning of the book.] Over 300 years of separation has led to discernible differences between English as practiced in the United States and English as […]
Appendix B: Commonly Misused Scientific Words and Expressions
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Chapter 8: Constructing Effective Paragraphs
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Book Will Be Available on 23 November
October 27, 2009 Filed under News, Uncategorized
If printing and shipping goes well, the AMS will start selling the book on 23 November.
A Note About Where to Purchase Your Copy
October 27, 2009 Filed under News
If you are a bookseller, wholesaler, or are looking for bulk discounts, please contact the University of Chicago Press: (800) 621-2736 (US & CAN) • (773) 702-7000 • custserv@press.uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Press will offer you standard book industry terms (retail discounts, returns, invoices, etc.). If you are an individual customer ordering one or […]
Why word order in titles is important: Example 1
“The Identification of Alcohol Intoxication by Police,” J. Brick and J. A. Carpenter, Alcoholism: Clinical Experimentation and Research, June 2001, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 850-5. <http://tinyurl.com/yd9rv4r> ——– From the mini-Annals of Improbable Research: October 2009, Issue number 2009-10. ISSN 1076-500X 2009-10-08 RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Brick/Carpenter Confusion
Why you should use sans serif fonts for figures, posters, and slides.
September 25, 2009 Filed under Blog, Posters, Presentations
Serifs are those little vertical lines and flourishes at the ends of letters (like the vertical lines at the ends of the capital S or the horizontal line at the bottom of the lower-case r). Use sans serif fonts (Helvetica, Arial) because the near-uniform width of the strokes keeps the font readable when reduced in […]
Excerpt: Three Items of Essential Reading
This is an excerpt from the For Further Reading section at the end of the book.
Obligations for Reviewers
The American Geophysical Union, following the lead of the American Chemical Society, developed a list of obligations for reviewers. Inasmuch as the reviewing of manuscripts is an essential step in the publication process, every scientist has an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing. A chosen reviewer who feels inadequately qualified or lacks the […]
