Why I don’t make copies of my slides available
September 13, 2010 Filed under Blog, Featured, News, Potpourri, Presentations
As I describe in the Preface to Eloquent Science, the book arose out of a workshop that I taught to undergraduates in Oklahoma. The workshop arose over six years, with what were essentially my lecture notes on PowerPoint slides. The slides were wordy and boring. During the talk, the students had paper copies of my […]
National Weather Center Eloquent Science Workshop
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA (27 August 2010): J.J. Gourley of the NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted me for an all-day Eloquent Science workshop at the National Weather Center as part of the NSSL Colloquium Series.
CHOICE Reviews Online
Reprinted with permission from CHOICE http://www.cro2.org/, copyright by the American Library Association. 47-6207 Q223 2009-39865 CIP Science & Technology \ General Schultz, David M. Eloquent science: a practical guide to becoming a better writer, speaker, and atmospheric scientist. American Meteorological Society, 2009. 412p bibl index; ISBN 9781878220912 pbk, $45.00. Reviewed in 2010jul CHOICE. Scientists often […]
Eloquent Science won an EXCEL Award
From Sarah Jane Shangraw, AMS Books Managing Editor: Eloquent Science has won an EXCEL award from Association Media & Publishing. Each year the Association, formerly known as the Society of National Association Publishers, bestows EXCEL awards in several categories of media and publication, including two book categories: technical and non-technical. Within each category they award […]
University of Chicago Press blog entry
Eloquent Science was featured on Cryptonym, the University of Chicago Press blog: http://pressblog.uchicago.edu/distributed/2009/12/david_m_schultz_on_climategate.html
Eloquent Science activities at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
SORRY. I WILL NOT BE AT THE AMS ANNUAL MEETING. MY APOLOGIES TO ALL. Saturday Jan. 16, 1:30-1:50 p.m.: Panel discussion: “The how-to’s of publishing papers” (Student Conference, B206). Sunday Jan. 17, 2-4 p.m.: Education Forum: “Improving Your Writing Skills for Students and Scientists” (Student Conference, B206) Monday Jan. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Stop by the […]
“Have Your Cake and Communicate Better, Too”
December 21, 2009 Filed under News
From the American Meteorological Society blog: In the modern world of text messages, Tweets, and, yes, blogs, it’s easy for the craft of writing to be overlooked for the sake of immediacy, shock value, or just plain laziness. Indeed, time for eloquence increasingly seems like a luxury as technology makes communication more convenient and commonplace. […]
How to buy a signed copy of the book
The fastest way to get the book in the United States is by ordering through the American Meteorological Society. The book is now ready to ship, and I have heard that people have received their copies relatively timely. If you want me to send you a copy personally, I am happy to do so and […]
Advertising flier for Eloquent Science
December 7, 2009 Filed under News
If you are interested in posting a flier in your institution or department to help advertise Eloquent Science, I would greatly appreciate it. Those who do so can get some nifty Eloquent Science bookmarks to distribute as well. Please email me at eloquentscience@gmail.com for more information. Eloquent Science Poster
Errata: Figure 19.1
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.
