I grew up in New York City, loving the outdoors but thinking I wanted to be a chemist. I only discovered soil science after I graduated from College and was working as a technician in an ecosystem ecology lab. I'd never liked biology but I'd never realized that it could let you do chemistry with a view out the window that wasn't looking over the East River to Brooklyn, but over Toolik Lake and the arctic cottongrass south to the Brooks Range, and the world. It's even more fun when the snow's flying and the mosquitoes are not.
I became a Professor, first at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and now at UC Santa Barbara, as well as journal editor, Program Chair, and other jobs that need doing to keep science and Academe running. But the real fun in being a scientist will always be the rush of a new data set. There is nothing like the "Huh!?" of a "What an Idiot" moment, when something that had been puzzling suddenly becomes clear, leaving me wondering how I'd been such an idiot not to have seen it before.
Somewhere along the line I became interested in communication and how we tell the story to explain our results; marrying an aspiring writer didn't hurt either. I put together my first workshop on writing science when I was spending the summer in a lab in Montpellier, France; that morphed into a full-blown graduate class back in Santa Barbara. I started writing up notes from class and thought I might flesh them out in a few columns for the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. Everything was going smoothly until the "What an Idiot" moment: I wasn't writing a few essays--I was writing a book. Huh.
发表于2024-11-24
Writing Science 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
两个月前投完paper,觉得自己写作烂到不行,就想看几本书救一救。这是读的第二本书。第一本读的是Science Research Writing : A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English (SRW)。 先来对比一下这两本书。SRW是一本中国式的应试教育书,太像以前考四六级的参考书了。书里给...
评分两个月前投完paper,觉得自己写作烂到不行,就想看几本书救一救。这是读的第二本书。第一本读的是Science Research Writing : A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English (SRW)。 先来对比一下这两本书。SRW是一本中国式的应试教育书,太像以前考四六级的参考书了。书里给...
评分关于科技英文写作的书籍,推荐这一本就够了。读起来确实感觉书写的用心,思路对胃口。 好像作者只写了这一本书,初步判断,未经详细查证,加上作者本身科研出身,半路出家去写书,应该是著书者的典范。 关于书中提到的flow,包括internal structure,今天做了个小调查。把专...
评分两个月前投完paper,觉得自己写作烂到不行,就想看几本书救一救。这是读的第二本书。第一本读的是Science Research Writing : A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English (SRW)。 先来对比一下这两本书。SRW是一本中国式的应试教育书,太像以前考四六级的参考书了。书里给...
评分两个月前投完paper,觉得自己写作烂到不行,就想看几本书救一救。这是读的第二本书。第一本读的是Science Research Writing : A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English (SRW)。 先来对比一下这两本书。SRW是一本中国式的应试教育书,太像以前考四六级的参考书了。书里给...
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As a scientist, you are a professional writer: your career is built on successful proposals and papers. Success isn't defined by getting papers into print, but by getting them into the reader's consciousness. Writing Science is built upon the idea that successful science writing tells a story. It uses that insight to discuss how to write more effectively. Integrating lessons from other genres of writing with those from the author's years of experience as author, reviewer, and editor, the book shows scientists and students how to present their research in a way that is clear and that will maximize reader comprehension. The book takes an integrated approach, using the principles of story structure to discuss every aspect of successful science writing, from the overall structure of a paper or proposal to individual sections, paragraphs, sentences, and words. It begins by building core arguments, analyzing why some stories are engaging and memorable while others are quickly forgotten, and proceeds to the elements of story structure, showing how the structures scientists and researchers use in papers and proposals fit into classical models. The book targets the internal structure of a paper, explaining how to write clear and professional sections, paragraphs, and sentences in a way that is clear and compelling. The ideas within a paper should flow seamlessly, drawing readers along. The final section of the book deals with special challenges, such as how to discuss research limitations and how to write for the public. Writing Science is a much-needed guide to succeeding in modern science. Its insights and strategies will equip science students, scientists, and professionals across a wide range of scientific and technical fields with the tools needed to communicate effectively.
环境系美国学者写的,非常好,买了一本珍藏,越薄的书,读的越久,随身必备书。
评分the only practical writing advice is from another writing book though: just write. But still, OCAR is like, imprinted in my mind.
评分story telling verb communication, 挺好的, 比较专业, 策略性指导
评分非常棒的科研论文写作教程,作者将自己的理论也几乎完美地应用到了本书的书写中。清晰的表达,典型的举例,简明的结构使得本书平易近人,宛如在课堂上教授内容,活灵活现。作者的核心观点就是要写出好的科研故事,赢取更多的引用率以及提高申请基金的成功率,这就务使科研工作者需要相机行事,万不能扎进自己的世界到头来却又辜负自己的辛勤付出。一言以蔽之,写作,尤其在当下,都是需要抓取读者注意力从而提高自身的知名度。作者教给读者的其实是表达和叙述的规范,如此才能尽量减少他人的麻烦,转而使得自己获得青睐。无论采取何种结构布局,进行何种段落缀联,都是为了文章的可阅读性更强,让工作成果被更多人正确无误的知晓。顺带一提,该书每一章的练习都相当适合用在修改论文的时候提醒自己。
评分The most junior, inexperienced, and unproven Ph.d, in a world of Ph.ds....
Writing Science 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书