Subtleties of Scientific Style fills the gaps left by other style guides and books on editing. This book distils over two decades of experience, explaining subtle but significant errors that authors can make and many subtle tricks that can make a work more readable. Topics include: Achieving an editorial Gestalt.
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This book is aimed at hands-on scientific editors, those who work with the nuts and bolts of the text—from spelling, punctuation1 and grammar (copyediting) to ...
Subtleties of Scientific Style
Book by Matthew Stevens
A guide to scientific editing Google Books
Originally published: 2005
Author: Matthew Stevens
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Subtleties of Scientific Style. Front Cover. Matthew Stevens. ScienceScape® Editing, 2007 - Authorship - 103 pages. A guide to scientific editing. Preview this ...
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Subtleties of Scientific Style. 1. What is science? The word “science” comes from the Latin scientia, knowledge. Science is the pursuit of knowledge. It is a ...
Subtleties of Scientific Style v Contents Acknowledgements iv About the author iv About this book viii What is science? 1 Substantive editing 1.
May 22, 2007 · Stevens M. 2007. Subtleties of Scientific Style. Science Scape Editing. About this book the author says: “this book is aimed at hands-on ...
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Subtleties of Scientific Style vi. Non sequiturs. 27. Statistical clumping as evidence. 28. Tautologies and pleonasms. 28. Teleology and anthropomorphism. 29.