Good style : writing for science and technology / John Kirkman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkman, John (Alfred John)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical writing.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1992.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Good style for scientific and engineering writing. 1980.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-218) and index.

Contains:

Kirkman, John (Alfred John). Good style for scientific and engineering writing.

ISBN:

0419171908

OCLC:

26551992