The Best Australian Science Writing 2016, Jo Chandler

Автор: Matthews, Janice R. (Scientific Editing Services) Matthews, Robert W. (University of Georgia)
Название: Successful Scientific Writing.A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences
ISBN: 1107691931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107691933
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The new edition of this best-selling guide has been thoroughly updated for today`s digital world, covering all aspects of the writing process and now including extensive coverage of ethical issues, including plagiarism. It offers a rich blend of practical advice, abundant examples from actual manuscripts, and hands-on exercises.

Автор: Dawkins (ed.)
Название: Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing P
ISBN: 0199216819 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199216819
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology celebrating the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory.

Автор: Pitici, Mircea
Название: Best Writing on Mathematics 2013, The
ISBN: 0691160414 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691160412
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; and Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies.

Автор: Michael Alley
Название: The Craft of Scientific Writing
ISBN: 1441982876 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441982872
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Written for use as a text in courses on scientific writing, the book includes many useful suggestions about approaching a wide variety of writing tasks from journal papers to grant proposals and from emails to formal reports, as well as a concise guide to style and usage appropriate for scientific writing.

Автор: Pitici Mircea
Название: The Best Writing on Mathematics
ISBN: 0691156557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691156552
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Offers surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics. This book explains mathematical aspects of origami foldings; discusses the frequency and distribution of the prime numbers; ponders whether mathematics is invented or discovered; and describes what is special about a ball in five dimensions.

Автор: Balzani Vincenzo, Venturi Margherita
Название: Chemistry: Reading and Writing the Book of Nature
ISBN: 1782620028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782620020
Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Описание: This book sets out to introduce chemistry concepts and demystify chemistry showing how it is a major part of our everyday lives.

Автор: Sarah Bird Wright
Название: Edith Wharton`s Travel Writing
ISBN: 0312158424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312158422
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: The first book-length critical analysis of its kind, Edith Wharton`s Travel Writing is an engaging study of Wharton`s travel writing as the embodiment of her connoisseurship.

Автор: Alley
Название: The craft of scientific writing
ISBN: 0387947663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780387947662
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: The Craft of Scientific Writing is designed to help scientists and engineers--both professionals already active in the disciplines as well as students preparing to enter the professions--write about their work clearly and effectively.The author, who is both a writer and an applied physicist, approaches the subject in a fresh way. Using scores of examples from a wide variety of authors and disciplines (including such well-known figures as Einstein, Bohr, and Freud), the book demonstrates the difference between strong scientific writing and weak scientific writing. In essence, this book shows you how to bring your ideas across to your intended audience. In addition, it contains advice on how to start writing, and how to revise your drafts. Written for use as a text in courses on scientific writing, the book includes many useful suggestions about approaching a wide variety of writing tasks--from laboratory reports to grant proposals, from internal communications to press releases--as well as a concise guide to style and usage appropriate for scientific writing. The book will also be useful for self-study and it will be an important reference for all scientists and engineers who need to write about their work.Topics covered include:- Deciding Where to Begin- Structure: Organizing Your Documents; Providing Depth, Transitions, and Emphasis- Language: Being Precise, Clear, and Concise; Being Forthright, Familiar, and Fluid- Illustration: Making the Right Choices; Creating the Best Designs - Handling Special Situations- Actually Sitting Down to Write: Drafting; Revising; Finishing

Автор: Bianca Nogrady
Название: Best Australian Science Writing 2015
ISBN: 1742234410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781742234410
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? Can we live without a pulse? And what makes us feel ‘wetness’ when there’s no such thing as ‘wet’ nerve receptors?Now in its fifth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia’s brightest thinkers in examining the world around us. From our obsession with Mars to the mating habits of fish, this lively collection covers a range of topics and delights in challenging our perceptions of the planet we think we know.With a foreword by Adam Spencer, this year’s collection includes the best of Australia’s sciencewriting talent: Tim Low, Elizabeth Finkel, Trent Dalton, John Pickrell, Christine Kenneally, Michael Slezak and many more.

Автор: Michael Slezak
Название: The Best Australian Science Writing 2017
ISBN: 1742235557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781742235554
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens? What is the basis of the difference between the sexes? Why is there something rather than nothing? Is there any hope for the Great Barrier Reef or Tasmanian forests in a warming climate? Were Aboriginal Australians the world’s first astronomers?Now in its seventh year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia’s brightest thinkers to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.With a foreword by Professor Emma Johnston, UNSW Dean of Science, this year’s selection includes the best of Australia’s science writing talent: Alice Gorman, Jo Chandler, Elmo Keep, James Mitchell Crow, Peter Singer, Bianca Nogrady, Ray Norris, Elle Hunt, James Bradley, and many more.Sales Points:The ‘Best Australian’ format has become a ‘brand’ of lively, engaging, rigorous writing.Edited by Michael Slezak, a highly respected science journalist, currently Guardian Australia’s science and environment reporter. He will be a keen promoter and is active on Twitter with more than 5000 followers.Foreword by Professor Emma Johnston, UNSW Dean of Science.Contributors include established authors and new voices, such as Jo Chandler, Peter Singer, Bianca Nogrady, Alice Gorman, Elmo Keep, James Mitchell Crow, Ray Norris, Elle Hunt and James Bradley.Features the Bragg Prize winners and the prize has built its own reputation over the past couple of years, generating a lot of enthusiasm across many media outlets where science writers publish their work. (The anthology doesn’t reveal who the winners are: winners will be announced at a separate event.)Launch will coincide with the awarding of the Bragg Prizes in November 2017, in collaboration with the UNSW Faculty of Science.For the third year running we will also announce the winner of the UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing at the launch event.

Автор: Pickrell John
Название: The Best Australian Science Writing 2018
ISBN: 1742235883 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781742235882
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions about the environment in which we live.