A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780205550609)

This writing guide, by the author of Pearson's best-selling Short Guide to Writing about Biology along with two well-known chemists, teaches students to think as chemists and to express ideas clearly and concisely through their writing. Providing students with the tools they'll need to be successful writers, A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry emphasizes writing as a way of examining, evaluating, and sharing ideas. The book teaches readers how to read critically, study, evaluate and report data, and how to communicate information clearly and logically. Students are also given detailed advice on locating, evaluating, and citing useful sources within the discipline; maintaining effective laboratory notebooks and writing laboratory reports; writing effective research proposals and reports; and communicating information to both professional and general audiences.


Author: Holly Davis, Julian Tyson, Jan Pechenik
ISBN-10: 0205550606
ISBN-13: 9780205550609
Publisher: Pearson
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011