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Outtake chapter: Incorporating Communication Skills into Teaching

December 22, 2009   Filed under Blog, Excerpts, Resources, Writing  

I had written a chapter for Eloquent Science entitled “Incorporating Communication Skills into Teaching.” This chapter was later dropped as too tangential to the topics focused on in the book. Although I never completed writing that chapter, I felt that the draft might be useful to others, so I make it available here. Incorporating Communication […]

Errata: Figure 19.1

December 7, 2009   Filed under Blog, Excerpts, News, Resources  

Please replace Fig. 19.1 on p. 227 with the correct version below. I had inadvertently used an earlier version of the figure that Dave Whiteman supplied, and this error slipped past both his and my readings of the page proofs.

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, Popular, 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.

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