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Every student can benefit from extra help with matters of organization and style in the writing of term papers, theses, and dissertations - as a precursor to better grades and greater respect. This handy guide from the best-selling author team of "The Art of Scientific Writing" shows how to achieve maximum benefit with relatively little effort. Based on a proven concept that assumes no special talent for writing, the book will be ofgreat value to both native and non-native speakers of English. The treatment is rich in examples and challenging problems (with solutions provided in an appendix), applicable either in conjunction with a course or for self-study.
List of contents
Introduction
STYLE AND METHODS
The Laboratory Notebook
Literature Work
Getting Started: Outline and First Draft
Writing Style
Writing Techniques
THE COMPONENTS OF A THESIS
Title, Title Page
Dedication, Preface, Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Abstract
Introduction, Definition of the Problem
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Experimental Section
Bibliography
Appendices, Miscellaneous Other Sections
SPECIAL ELEMENTS
Footnotes
Numbers, Quantities, Units, and Functions
Mathematical Expressions and Equations
Tables
Figures
SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES
INDEX
About the author
William E. Russey earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at Harvard in 1967, where he was in the research group of E. J. Corey. His professional life was spent on the faculty of Juniata College, Huntingdon (Pennsylvania), from which he retired as Dana-Supported Professor of Chemistry in 2002. Translator of several books and numerous articles for Angewandte Chemie, and an editor and translator with the Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, he has also co-authored the book Text and Graphics in the Electronic Age.
Hans F. Ebel received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1960 with Georg Wittig at the University of Heidelberg (Germany). He was for many years Senior Editor; Author and co-author of numerous original publications including books, he has been active since 1982 in the field of scientific and technical communication in general and scientific publication in particular. He has also contributed to the terminological activities of DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) and is a board member of the European Association of Science Editors.
Claus Bliefert has since 1973 been a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Applied Sciences Münster (Germany). Responsible for numerous research contributions in the fields of hydroxylamines and fluorine chemistry, he was in 1994 named director of the school's Laboratory for Environmental Chemistry, and this subject has become his principal interest in both teaching and applied research. Author and co-author of numerous books, including several in the field of scientific communication, he regularly presents lectures and seminars on topics like "Scientific Writing" and "Technical Presentation".
Summary
Every student can benefit from extra help with matters of organization and style in the writing of term papers, theses, and dissertations - as a precursor to better grades and greater respect. This handy guide from the best-selling author team of "The Art of Scientific Writing" shows how to achieve maximum benefit with relatively little effort. Based on a proven concept that assumes no special talent for writing, the book will be of great value to both native and non-native speakers of English. The treatment is rich in examples and challenging problems (with solutions provided in an appendix), applicable either in conjunction with a course or for self-study.
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"This book can be recommended for science students of every level who have to prepare a thesis."
Engineering in Life Sciences
"... this is an excellent book which all students should read ..."
Chromatographia February 07
