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A field guide for science writers / edited by Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson, Robin Marantz Henig.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Technical writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This guide offers practical tips on science writing - from investigative reporting to pitching ideas to magazine editors. Some of the best known science writers in the US share their hard earned knowledge on how they do their job.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Contents; Part One: Learning the Craft; Part Two: Choosing Your Market; Part Three: Varying Your Writing Style; Part Four: Covering Stories in the Life Sciences; Part Five: Covering Stories in the Physical and Environmental Sciences; Part Six: Communicating Science From Institutions; Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988409-9
- 0-19-756223-X
- 0-19-803902-6
- 1-280-70442-X
- 1-4294-1046-9
- 1-60256-517-1
- OCLC:
- 74496292
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