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Recommended Reading

January 29, 2010   Filed under Blog, Excerpts, Featured, Posters, Potpourri, Presentations, Resources, Reviewing, Writing  

Previously, I provided three items of essential reading. Here are other books that I highly recommend for improving your scientific communication skills.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING ON WRITING
Cook (1986): Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing delivers a thorough accounting of the editing process. The book deals mainly with sentence-level revisions and contains … read more

Appendix B: Commonly Misused Scientific Words and Expressions

November 5, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Writing  

Download a sample chapter from the book.

Chapter 8: Constructing Effective Paragraphs

November 5, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Writing  

Download a sample chapter from the book.

Excerpt: Three Items of Essential Reading

August 22, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Resources  

This is an excerpt from the For Further Reading section at the end of the book.

Excerpt: Chapter 3: Writing an Effective Title

August 18, 2009   Filed under Excerpts, Featured  

This is an excerpt from Chapter 3: Writing an Effective Title.