Elements of the Scientific Paper
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A Step-by-Step Guide for Students and Professionals
Michael J. Katz
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Using a published paper as a guide, Michael J. Katz takes the reader through every step of the writing process, including the use of standard formats (abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments, and references), language (style and word usage), and publication (choosing the appropriate journal, the review process, and revising). Other chapters discuss figures (photographs, schematic diagrams, and graphs), writing with a computer, and numbers (algorithms and statistics). Nine appendices provide a handy reference to commonly needed information such as scientific abbreviations, non-technical words, and mathematic formulae.
While recognizing that the scientific paper is constrained within a well-defined form, the book also stresses that the genre is narrative prose requiring a lucid, precise, and careful style. The elements of composition—gestation, diction, revision, and rewriting—are discussed in detail.
Elements of the Scientific Paper is a useful handbook for young scientists and graduate students beginning their publishing careers, as well as for anyone wishing a review of or introduction to the elements of scientific style.
"Katz is a literate and fluent writer, providing a fine model in his own prose." —Booklist
"A straightforward, useful manual." —R&D Management Digest
"I've long contended that science writing is too seldom scientific, and Katz provides the cure. If you want a cheap, logical, practical, and readable guide, here it is." —Wendell Cochran, Geology
"A precise, step-by-step handbook for beginning scientific writers.... This handbook is highly recommended for students and beginning scientific writers." —Suzanne Lego, Readings
"An excellent practical guide to writing scientific papers. I shall certainly recommend it to my research students."—D.W. Hukins, TINS
Publication Date: September 10, 1986
