Description
| Product ID: | 9780415345026 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Good Style |
| Subtitle: | Writing for Science and Technology |
| Authors: | Author: John Kirkman |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Social groups, communities and identities, Social groups, Study and learning skills: general, Politics and government, Study & learning skills: general, Politics & government |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explains the tactics you can use to write technical material - ranging from reports to manuals - in a coherent, readable style. The author discusses in detail choices of vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure. Good Style explains the tactics that can be used to write technical material in a coherent, readable style. It discusses in detail the choices of vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure and each piece of advice is based on evidence of the styles prefered by technical readers and supported by many examples of writing from a variety of technical contexts. John Kirkman draws from his many years of experience lecturing on communication studies in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Hong Kong, both in academic programmes and in courses for large companies, research centres and government departments. Good Style has become a standard reference book on the shelf of students of science, technology and computing and is an essential aid to all professionals whose work involves writing of reports, papers, guides, manuals or on-screen texts. This new edition also includes information on writing for the web and additional examples of how to express medical and life-science information. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-03-10 |
