Effective Writing
Improving Scientific, Technical and Business Communication
Author: Christopher Turk and John Kirkman Series: Routledge Study Guides
How to select, organize, and present information in reports, papers, and other documents such as instructions, descriptions, and correspondence. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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How to select, organize, and present information in reports, papers, and other documents such as instructions, descriptions, and correspondence. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Professional scientists or engineers spend up to one third of their working time writing, reading and talking, and paper is one of the major products of all industrial and research organizations. Well-organized, readable and informative writing is obviously essential if professional people are to operate effectively within their working environments. This second edition of a highly successful and well respected guide to improved communication now contains two extra chapters - on writing with computers and writing in examinations. The text has also been throughly revised to provide the reader with the most up-to-date information. This book examines the methods by which the reader can communicate a variety of ideas, technical or commercial, in a number of ways. Examples, key points and helpful references throughout make Effective Writing an ideal source of specific information on layout, style and structure.
Critic Reviews
'An excellent technical writing textbook.' - Chartered Quantity Surveyor
'...a manual for technical writers that belongs on any author's bookshelf.' - The Midwest Book Review
'...well written and well produced...' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'Marvellous book!...excellent guidance. There is much sense in this book....an excellent primer.' - Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
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John Kirkman, Christopher Turk
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Effective communication is vital to science, engineering and business management. This thoroughly updated second edition with a new chapter on the use of computers and word-processors gives clear, practical advice illustrated with real-life examples on how to select, organize and present information in reports, papers and other documents.
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