Practical Technical Writing

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Practical Technical Writing for the first time fully establishes and illustrates the level of reading difficulty suitable for scientific and engineering writing. Also, for the first time in book form, the results of a survey to ascertain what managers expect in a good technical report are presented, with a check list of the essential points for ready reference.
In ordered sequence the student considers the reader of his report, his purpose in writing it, and effective presentation of his subject. The body of the text is complemented by carefully chosen examples of good technical writing, and the appendix contains an example of a technical abstract, a book chapter, and an industrial technical report as models for study.
Any scientist or engineer who studies Practical Technical Writing and works his way through the applications at the ends of the chapters will find that he is writing faster, better, and more easily—whether his medium is a technical memorandum, a complex report, or... Tovább

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Practical Technical Writing for the first time fully establishes and illustrates the level of reading difficulty suitable for scientific and engineering writing. Also, for the first time in book form, the results of a survey to ascertain what managers expect in a good technical report are presented, with a check list of the essential points for ready reference.
In ordered sequence the student considers the reader of his report, his purpose in writing it, and effective presentation of his subject. The body of the text is complemented by carefully chosen examples of good technical writing, and the appendix contains an example of a technical abstract, a book chapter, and an industrial technical report as models for study.
Any scientist or engineer who studies Practical Technical Writing and works his way through the applications at the ends of the chapters will find that he is writing faster, better, and more easily—whether his medium is a technical memorandum, a complex report, or a paper for publication in a professional journal.
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Ritchie R. Ward, who for thirty-five years has been actively engaged in industrial research and technical writing, has the unique insider's view of the needs and problems of the scientist who must also be a writer. As a trained scientist he knows the technical writing problems facing the scientist—and he speaks his language. As an industrial consultant he knows what the manager—from vice-president to supervisor— demands in a good technical report. As a teacher and accomplished writer he knows what methods best enable the scientist, engineer, technician, and manager to solve the technical writing problems they face in building their professional careers.
Recently elected a director of the California Writer's Club, Ritchie R. Ward divides his time as a free-lance writer, an industrial consultant on technical writing, and a teacher of seminar courses in technical writing for scientists and engineers. He is a regular contributor to Current Biography and is preparing a book on biological clocks.
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