Save up to 30% on Elsevier print and eBooks with free shipping. No promo code needed.
Save up to 30% on print and eBooks.
The Manual of Scientific Style
A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers
1st Edition - March 25, 2009
Editors: Harold Rabinowitz, Suzanne Vogel
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780123739803
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 3 9 8 0 - 3
eBook ISBN:9780080557960
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 7 9 6 - 0
Much like the Chicago Manual of Style, The Manual of Scientific Style addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science, medici…Read more
Purchase options
LIMITED OFFER
Save 50% on book bundles
Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code is needed.
Much like the Chicago Manual of Style, The Manual of Scientific Style addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science, medicine, health, and technology. It presents consistent guidelines for text, data, and graphics, providing a comprehensive and authoritative style manual that can be used by the professional scientist, science editor, general editor, science writer, and researcher.
Scientific disciplines treated independently, with notes where variances occur in the same linguistic areas
Organization and directives designed to assist readers in finding the precise usage rule or convention
A focus on American usage in rules and formulations with noted differences between American and British usage
Differences in the various levels of scientific discourse addressed in a variety of settings in which science writing appears
Instruction and guidance on the means of improving clarity, precision, and effectiveness of science writing, from its most technical to its most popular
Anyone working with scientific vocabulary including contributors to scientific journal articles, authors/editors to scientific monographs, serials, and reference works, editors, writers, and designers preparing publications at all levels of readership
Part I. General Style Manuscript Preparation General Style Units of Measurement Citation of References Presentation of Data and Figures
Part II. References, Citations and Quotations Standards for Clear and Proper Attribution Standard Citation Formats Text Sources Audiovisual Media Electronic Sources
Part III. Style Issues for Specific Disciplines Mathematics Physics Chemistry Earth and Environmental Science Life Science Medicine Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Computer Science and Information Science
Appendices: Scientific Organizations and Publications: Standard Abbreviations Classification Schemes in Science and Technology Standard Abbreviation Dictionary Difficult and Troublesome Terms and Words Comparative Standards for Shared Terms and Conventions
Bibliography Index
No. of pages: 984
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: March 25, 2009
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780123739803
eBook ISBN: 9780080557960
HR
Harold Rabinowitz
Harold Rabinowitz is the Director, Reference Works, Inc. and a Member of the Advisory Board of Pace University Master’s Program in Publishing
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Reference Works, Inc. and a Member of the Advisory Board of Pace University Master’s Program in Publishing
SV
Suzanne Vogel
Suzanne Vogel is a Physics Teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn NY
Affiliations and expertise
Physics Teacher, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn NY
Read The Manual of Scientific Style on ScienceDirect