Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How

by Jennifer Peat, Elizabeth Elliott, Louise Baur, Victoria Keena

Overview

This comprehensive and practical book covers the basics of grammar as well as the broad brush issues such as writing a grant application and selling to your potential audience. The clear explanations are expanded and lightened with helpful examples and telling quotes from the giants of good writing. These experienced writers and teachers make scientific writing enjoyable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118708026
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jennifer Peat is Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Senior Hospital Statistician, Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW Australia.

Elizabeth Elliott is a professor in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Skinny writing.

How to get into quadrant two and stay there.

Back to basics.

abstracts - getting it write!

Journal articles.

Report writing.

Grantsmanship.

References - what to cite and how to do it.

Teaching writing skills.

Editorial Reviews

Step-by-step guidance walks readers through the process of getting published in the biomedical field, from assembling material to choosing a journal and submitting the manuscript. A conversational style is supplemented with boxed key concepts, examples, and quotes from famous authors. Coverage includes different types of documents, writing style, grammar, and word choice. Peat is a statistician who teaches scientific writing courses at the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR