Manual of Scientific Style - A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers

Informationen zum Autor Harold Rabinowitz is the Director, Reference Works, Inc. and a Member of the Advisory Board of Pace University Master’s Program in Publishing Suzanne Vogel is a Physics Teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn NY Klappentext Much like the Chicago Manual of Style! The Manual of Scientific Style addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science! medicine! health! and technology. It presents consistent guidelines for text! data! and graphics! providing a comprehensive and authoritative style manual that can be used by the professional scientist! science editor! general editor! science writer! and researcher. Zusammenfassung Addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science! medicine! health! and technology. This book presents consistent guidelines for text! data! and graphics! providing a comprehensive style manual that can be used by the professional scientist! general editor! science writer! and researcher.

List of contents

Part I. General Style
Manuscript Preparation
General Style
Units of Measurement
Citation of References
Presentation of Data and Figures

Part II. References, Citations and Quotations
Standards for Clear and Proper Attribution
Standard Citation Formats
Text Sources
Audiovisual Media
Electronic Sources

Part III. Style Issues for Specific Disciplines
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Science
Life Science
Medicine
Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Computer Science and Information Science

Appendices
Scientific Organizations and Publications: Standard Abbreviations
Classification Schemes in Science and Technology
Standard Abbreviation Dictionary
Difficult and Troublesome Terms and Words
Comparative Standards for Shared Terms and Conventions

Bibliography
Index

Product details

• Authors: Harold Rabinowitz, Harold (EDT) Rabinowitz
• Assisted by: Harold Rabinowitz (Editor), Harold (Director Rabinowitz (Editor), Harold (The Reference Works Rabinowitz (Editor), Rabinowitz Harold (Editor), Suzanne Vogel (Editor), Suzanne (Physics Teacher Vogel (Editor), Vogel Suzanne (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2009
• EAN: 9780123739803
• ISBN: 978-0-12-373980-3
• No. of pages: 984
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics