A Concise Guide to Communication in Science and Engineering

This guide offers a comprehensive but concise resource based on extensive, carefully analysed examples from the published literature. It enables students and researchers in science and engineering to write and present material to a professional modern standard, efficiently and painlessly, and with maximum impact.

Zusatztext Foster's A Concise Guide to Communication will definitely help anyone actively involved in scientific research to write and present more clearly and effectively. The many examples of bad and good writing and graphing, taken from real papers and theses, not only illustrate how and where communication can fail but also clearly explain why it fails and how to improve the structure, logic, and clarity of the exposition. Informationen zum Autor David H. Foster is Professor of Vision Systems at the University of Manchester and Director of Research in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He began his academic career as a lecturer in physics at Imperial College London and went on to hold personal chairs at several UK universities. He has served as journal editor or editor in chief for over thirty years and has taught communication in science and engineering at undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral levels in the UK and elsewhere. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and the Optical Society of America. Klappentext This guide offers a comprehensive but concise resource based on extensive, carefully analysed examples from the published literature. It enables students and researchers in science and engineering to write and present material to a professional modern standard, efficiently and painlessly, and with maximum impact. Zusammenfassung This guide offers a comprehensive but concise resource based on extensive, carefully analysed examples from the published literature. It enables students and researchers in science and engineering to write and present material to a professional modern standard, efficiently and painlessly, and with maximum impact. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: General Principles 3: Research Articles 4: Literature Reviews, Technical Reports, Dissertations, and Theses 5: Use of English 6: Use of Mathematics 7: Data Description and Statistical Inference 8: Graphing Data 9: Publication and Promotion 10: Posters 11: Lectures and Talks 12: Ethical Issues 13: Final Thoughts ...

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David H. Foster is Professor of Vision Systems at the University of Manchester and Director of Research in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He began his academic career as a lecturer in physics at Imperial College London and went on to hold personal chairs at several UK universities. He has served as journal editor or editor in chief for over thirty years and has taught communication in science and engineering at undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral levels in the UK and elsewhere. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and the Optical Society of America.

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• 1: Introduction

• 2: General Principles

• 3: Research Articles

• 4: Literature Reviews, Technical Reports, Dissertations, and Theses

• 5: Use of English

• 6: Use of Mathematics

• 7: Data Description and Statistical Inference

• 8: Graphing Data

• 9: Publication and Promotion

• 10: Posters

• 11: Lectures and Talks

• 12: Ethical Issues

• 13: Final Thoughts