本书条理清晰,详尽实用,可帮助科研工作者有效提高写作能力,进行科研工作的顺畅交流。本书内容精炼,容易上手,结构完整、通俗易懂并引人入胜,是一本无可挑剔的科研写作宝典。来自于实践的用于自修的练习和丰富的实例彰显作者丰富的科研和写作经验。
本版保留了上一版容易学习、可操作性强的风格,而且与时俱进,更新并拓展了诸如成功的国际出版、剽窃、伪造数据等学术道德和法律问题,增加了电子出版、书面交谈及海报演讲等内容。
本书涉及科技写作各个方面,是增强科研工作者写作技巧****的工具。尤其适合于作为写作课程或讨论班的教材。

1 Preparing to write 准备写作
1.1 Search and research 搜索与研究 
1.2 Choose a communication venue 选择交流平台
1.3 Plan to succeed 成功的规划
2 Composing a first draft 撰写初稿 
2.1 Deal with matters of authorship 处理著作权事项
2.2 Productivity tools and pitfalls 写作工具的优势和缺陷 
2.3 Follow standard structure 按标准格式写作 
2.4 Use tense to show the status of work 利用时态表明工作状态
2.5 Build momentum-and keep it! 创建动力——坚持到底
3 Visual support for the written word 文字的视觉支持 
3.1 Choosing and using visual aids 选择和使用图表 
3.2 Examining your choices 审查你的选择
4 Visual support for the spoken word 口头表达的视觉支持 
4.1 Oral presentations 口头陈述
4.2 Speaking in public: the human factor 公众演讲:人的因素 
4.3 Poster presentations: a happy hybrid 海报陈述
5 Revising to increase coherence 修改以增加连贯性 
5.1 Work efficiently 有效率地工作
5.2 Improve the big picture 整体修改 
5.3 When short might be too short 缩写词的使用
6 Improving word choice, style, and syntax 改善用词、文体和句法 
6.1 Choose a better word 选择一个更好的词
6.2 Check the verbs 检查动词 
6.3 Beware of strange links 注意奇异的连接 
6.4 The mischief of multiples 复合词的麻烦
7 Attending to grammar, numbers, and other mechanics 语法,数字和其他技巧 
7.1 Tweak the text 调整文本 
7.2 Fine-tune number use 调整数字的使用 
7.3 Practicing mixed corrections 实行混合更正
8 The rest of the story 故事的尾声 
8.1 Preparing to publish 准备印刷 
8.2 Back and forth: editorial review 编辑工作回顾 
8.3 Tips for international publication 发表国际论文的秘诀 
8.4 Ethical issues 伦理问题 
8.5 Legal matters 法律事项
Appendix 1 Suggested responses to exercises 练习题参考答案 
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 
Chapter 3 Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 
Chapter 7
Appendix 2 Excerpts from“Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publication”*
Selected resources
Index 索引
Exercises list 练习题
Exercise 1.1 Search strategy and Boolean logic 
Exercise 1.2 Message, format, and audience 
Exercise 1.3 Organizing ideas
Exercise 2.1 Spelling and grammar programs 
Exercise 2.2 Title choices 
Exercise 2.3 Tense use
Exercise 3.1 Table and figure choices
Exercise 4.1 Slide presentation format 
Exercise 4.2 Answering questions
Exercise 5.1 Person and point of view 
Exercise 5.2 Readability 
Exercise 5.3 Shortened forms 
Exercise 5.4 Clarity and brevity
Exercise 6.1 Jargon
Exercise 6.2 Handling language sensitively
Exercise 6.3 Devil pairs
Exercise 6.4 Which and that
Exercise 6.5 Fuzzy words and disguised verbs
Exercise 6.6 Active and passive voice
Exercise 6.7 Subject-verb agreement 
Exercise 6.8 Dangling participles and other misplaced modifiers
Exercise 6.9 Collective nouns, comparisons, and lists
Exercise 7.1 Punctuation
Exercise 7.2 Capitalization 
Exercise 7.3 Scientific names and other foreign words and phrases
Exercise 7.4 Number use and interpretation
Exercise 7.5 Practicing mixed corrections