| DETAILED CONTENTS |
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ix | (10) |
| CHECKLISTS |
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xix | (2) |
| PREFACE |
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1 -- INTRODUCTION: SCIENCE WRITING AND THE IMAGINATION |
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1 | (9) |
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2 -- WHY GOOD SCIENTIFIC THINKING CAN LEAD TO BAD SCIENCE WRITING |
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10 | (11) |
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3 -- WRITING FROM THE MOMENT OF OBSERVATION: LAB AND FIELD NOTEBOOKS |
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21 | (27) |
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4 -- FROM LAB NOTEBOOK TO LAB REPORT |
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48 | (15) |
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5 -- PREPARING TO WRITE THE RESEARCH PAPER |
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63 | (8) |
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71 | (4) |
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7 -- HOW TO WRITE ABSTRACTS |
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75 | (10) |
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8 -- HOW TO WRITE THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION |
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85 | (13) |
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9 -- HOW TO WRITE ABOUT HYPOTHESES, MODELS, AND THEORIES (HMT) |
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98 | (14) |
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10 -- HOW TO CITE AND LIST REFERENCES |
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112 | (9) |
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11 -- HOW TO WRITE THE MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION |
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121 | (10) |
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12 -- HOW TO PRESENT RESULTS |
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131 | (5) |
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13 -- HOW TO COMPOSE AND USE VISUAL MATERIAL |
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136 | (14) |
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14 -- HOW TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS |
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150 | (14) |
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15 -- HOW TO WRITE CONCLUSIONS |
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164 | (10) |
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16 -- HOW TO WRITE ABOUT SCIENCE IN ESSAYS AND TERM PAPERS OR REPORTS |
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174 | (26) |
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17 -- REVISING AND EDITING |
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200 | (9) |
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18 -- A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO STYLE |
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209 | (19) |
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19 -- HOW AND WHEN TO DEFINE YOUR TERMS |
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228 | (7) |
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20 -- HOW TO USE NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, UNITS, FORMULAS, AND EQUATIONS |
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235 | (5) |
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21 -- CONCLUSION: ONE WORLD--SCIENCE AND WRITING |
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240 | (10) |
| APPENDIX A: AVOIDING SEXIST LANGUAGE |
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250 | (6) |
| APPENDIX B: STYLE GUIDES, ARTICLES, MANUALS, AND BOOKS ON WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE |
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256 | (3) |
| APPENDIX C: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS |
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259 | (4) |
| ENDNOTES |
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263 | (6) |
| INDEX |
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269 | |
