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Revision as of 15:14, 26 September 2008
SIMPLE IS BEAUTIFUL!
Clear and concise technical writing
Plain English-Alternative words
See the section "Phrases you can omit": http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/words.htm
See also a list of words and expressions to avoid and the text "How to write scientific papers" (thanks Alfons!):
How to write scientific papers by Dr R. Sommaruga
'The Mayfield Handbook of technical and scientific writing' http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw/home.htm
A useful, straightforward guide (includes a chapter on Theses!-- Ch 13) http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/StyleGuideV2.pdf
POSTERS: Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation
http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030102
ARTICLES, PAPERS: http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWtoc.html
http://www.uaf.edu/csem/ashsss/paper_guidelines.html
BOOKS ON SCIENTIFIC WRITING:
- File:Scientific Writing; A Reader and Writer's Guide.pdf - How to write a paper, poster, talk, thesis, project, CV etc.
- Oral skills, how to prepare an oral presentation: http://caes.hku.hk/tops/
- Surviving in the scientific world "A PhD is NOT enough" - download here: http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150797343
- Academic writing "Academic Writing: Exploring Processes and Strategies" (Cambridge Univ. Press)- dowloadable here http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150801632
- Oral skills "Essential Communication Strategies: For Scientists, Engineers, and Technology Professionals" - dowloadable here http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150801232
- Scientific writing in English for non-natives - downloadable here: http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150797981 and here http://mihd.net/xh25sa Chapters 4-19 focus on how to write a good paper - Chapter 10 is devoted to posters - Chapter 11 to Oral presentations