An Outline of Scientific Writing

Aimed at researchers who need to write clear and understandable manuscripts in English, this book begins by discussing constructs of the English language such as sentence structure and word use. It then discusses the style and convention used in scientific publications. Some of the topics covered are planning a manuscript, authorship, references, tables and figures, submission to a journal, and production schedules. The book is written at a level such that the reader should not have to resort to a dictionary. It includes many examples and exercises to clarify the rules and guidelines presented.