Scientific style in English

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alencar, Marcelo S., 1957- author.

Contributor:

Alencar, Thiago Tavares de

Series:

River Publishers series in innovation and change in education.

River Publishers Series in Innovation and Change in Education

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gistrup, Denmark ; Delft, Netherlands : River Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Style is a distinctive manner of expression, in writing or speech. The word evolved from Latin stilus, an instrument for writing, marking, or incising, such as something used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets. It is the way in which something is said or done, as distinguished from its substance. Style is also a convention with respect to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic arrangement and display followed in writing or printing. Scientific Style in English aims to help students with the reading and writing of scientific and technical texts in English, with a particular focus on style, grammar and math. It can be used by students and professionals with basic or intermediate understanding of the English language. Technical topics discussed in the book include: Scientific Style in English Mathematical Style in English Technical Style Stylistic Problems in English How to write Theses and Dissertations

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1: Scientific Style in English

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Scientific Writing

1.2.1 Good Scientific Writing

1.3 Writing Process

1.4 Writing an Article

1.4.1 Parts of the Document

1.5 Writing a Formal Report

1.5.1 Front Section

1.5.2 Main Section

1.5.3 Back Section

1.6 Submitting a Book Proposal

1.6.1 An Outline of a Book to be Submitted to an Editor

1.7 Writing a Book

1.7.1 Initial Information

1.7.2 Body of the Book

1.7.3 Additional Information

1.8 Elements of Scientific Writing

1.8.1 Articles

1.8.2 Punctuation

1.8.3 Word Division

1.9 Numbers, Units of Measurement and Symbols

1.9.1 Rules for Writing Numbers

1.10 Complementary Material

1.10.1 Commonly Misused Words and Phrases

1.10.2 Redundancies that Should Be Avoided

1.10.3 Latin Terms and Abbreviations

1.11 Chapter Summary

1.12 Reference Material

2: Mathematical Style in English

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Definition

2.3 Mathematical Style in English

2.3.1 Mathematical Communication

2.3.2 Mathematical Reading

2.4 Mathematical Writing

2.4.1 Formulas and Theorems

2.4.2 Sentences

2.4.3 Words to Avoid

2.4.4 Motivation Is Important

2.4.5 Readers Glance over Formulas

2.4.6 Subscripts

2.4.7 Formulas and Sentences

2.5 How to Deal with Numbers

2.6 Miscellanea

2.6.1 How to Deal with Words

2.6.2 Usage of Words

2.6.3 Use of Italics

2.6.4 Common Mistakes

2.7 Important Parts

2.7.1 Important Rules

2.8 Comments and Tips

2.8.1 Line Breaks and Formulas

2.8.2 Numbering Formulas

2.8.3 Colon and Commas

2.8.4 Parentheses

2.8.5 Proofs

2.8.6 Line Breaks

2.8.7 Words and Symbols

2.9 Preparing Books for Publication.

2.9.1 Revision of the Text

2.9.2 Linux Users

2.9.3 Fractions

2.9.4 Exercises

2.10 The LaTeX Style

2.10.1 How to Prepare Papers in LATEX

2.10.2 Common Grammatical Errors

2.10.3 Common LATEX Errors

2.11 Bibliography Using LaTeX

2.12 Chapter Summary

2.13 Reference Material

3: Technical Style

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Definition

3.3 Overview of the Chapter

3.4 Technical Writing

3.5 Precise Writing

3.6 English as a Second Language

3.7 Reader's Approach to Read an Article

3.8 Title of the Document

3.9 Title of the Document

3.10 Abstract and Keywords

3.10.1 Abstract

3.11 Figures

3.12 The Writing Process

3.13 Planning

3.14 Outline

3.15 Writing the First Draft

3.16 Techniques for Writing the First Draft

3.17 Revision of the Document

3.18 Revision Strategies

3.19 Good Technical Writing Style

3.19.1 Technical Writing

3.20 Good Technical Writing Style

3.20.1 Produce a Text That Is Readable and Easy to Follow

3.21 Transition Elements

3.22 Paragraphs

3.22.1 Organizing Principles

3.23 Sentences

3.24 Compound Sentences

3.24.1 Compound Sentences Can Be Used to

3.25 Verbs - Tense

3.25.1 Use Present Tense as a General Rule

3.25.2 Other Tenses May Be Used

3.26 First Person

3.27 Word Choice

3.28 Measurement Units

3.29 Common Problems in Writing

3.30 How to Prepare a Summary

3.31 Chapter Summary

3.32 Reference Material

4: How to Read a Document

4.1 Objectives of Reading

4.1.1 Levels of Reading

4.1.2 The Highest Levels of Reading

4.2 How to Read Faster

4.2.1 Pre-Reading Is the First Step

4.2.2 Read the Text in Blocks

4.2.3 Subvocalization Is a Problem

4.2.4 Read Only Once

4.3 Chapter Summary

4.4 Reference Material

5: Stylistic Problems in English

5.1 Definition

5.2 Problems with Verbs.

5.2.1 Verbs - Tense

5.2.2 Passive Tense

5.2.3 Strong Verbs

5.2.4 Missing Articles

5.2.5 Logical Connection of Sentences

5.3 Abbreviations and Acronyms

5.3.1 Abbreviations

5.3.2 Acronyms

5.4 Hyphen

5.4.1 Dashes

5.5 Miscellanea

5.5.1 Bullets

5.5.2 References

5.5.3 Capitalization

5.5.4 Parentheses and Brackets

5.5.5 Footnotes

5.6 Syntactic Rules

5.6.1 Expressions

5.6.2 Clichés and Symbols

5.6.3 Paragraphs

5.7 Units

5.8 Et Cetera

5.9 Figures and Tables

5.9.1 LATEX Figures

5.9.2 Referring to Figures

5.9.3 Quotations and Citations

5.10 Who and Whom

5.11 Which and That

5.12 Chapter Summary

5.13 Reference Material

6: How to Prepare a Book

6.1 Parts of the Book

6.1.1 Front Matter

6.1.2 Body Text

6.1.3 Back Matter

6.2 Writing a Book Proposal

6.2.1 An Actual Book Proposal

6.3 Chapter Summary

6.4 Reference Material

7: Theses and Dissertations

7.1 Thesis Definition

7.2 Thesis Description

7.3 The Thesis Structure

7.3.1 Copyright

7.3.2 Declaration

7.3.3 Title Page

7.3.4 Abstract

7.3.5 Acknowledgments

7.3.6 Table of Contents

7.3.7 Introduction

7.3.8 Literature Review

7.3.9 Middle Chapters

7.3.10 Final Chapter, References and Appendices

7.4 Chapter Summary

7.5 Reference Material

8: Suggestions for Public Speaking

8.1 Introduction

8.2 In Front of an Audience

8.3 How to Adjust the Tone

8.4 Body Language

8.5 Presentation Equipment

8.6 Presentation Tips

8.7 Final Tips

8.8 Chapter Summary

8.9 Reference Material

A: Assignments

A.1 Introduction

A.2 Assignments

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 9, 2018).

ISBN:

1-00-333936-0

1-003-33936-0

87-93609-27-2