The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science

Scott L. Montgomery

240 pages, parution le 22/01/2003

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Résumé

Weather you are a graduate student or a senior scientist, your reputation rests on the ability to communicate your ideas and data. In this straightforward and accessible guide, Scott L. Montgomery offers detailed, practical advice on crafting every sort of scientific communication, from research papers and conference talks to review articles, interviews with the media, e-mail messages, and more. He avoids the common pitfalls of other guides by focusing not on rules and warnings but instead on how skilled writers and speakers actually learn their trade-by imitating and adapting good models of expression. Moving step-by-step through samples from a wide variety of scientific disciplines, Montgomery shows precisely how to choose and employ such models, where and how to revise different texts, how to use visuals to enhance your presentation of ideas, and why writing is really a form of experimentation.

He also traces the evolution of scientific expression over time, providing a context crucial for understanding the nature of technical communication today. Other chapters take up the topics of writing creatively in science; how to design and use graphics; and how to talk to the public about science. Written with humor and eloquence, this book provides a unique and realistic guide for anyone in the sciences wishing to improve his or her communication skills.

Practical and concise, The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science covers

Writing scientific papers, abstracts, grant proposals, technical reports, and articles for the general public
Using graphics effectively
Surviving and profiting from the review process
Preparing oral presentations
Dealing with the press and the public
Publishing and the Internet
Writing in English as a foreign language

Contents

Communicating Science
Scientific Communication Historical Realities for Readers and Writers
Reading Well The first Step to Writing Well
Writing Well A Few Basics
Writing Very Well Opportunities for Creativity and Elegance
The Review Process Contents and Discontents
The Scientific Paper A Realistic View and Practical Advice
Other Types of Writing Review Articles, Book Reviews, Debate/Critique
Graphics and Their Place
Technical Reports
The Proposal
For Researchers with English as a Foreign Language
Oral Presentations A Few Words
The Online World Using the Internet
Dealing with the Press

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s)	Scott L. Montgomery
Parution	22/01/2003
Nb. de pages	240
Format	15,3 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	368g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780226534855
ISBN13	978-0-226-53485-5