文档介绍：essful Scientific Writing
The detailed, practical, step-by-step advice in this user-friendly guide will help stu-
dents and researchers municate their work more effectively through the written
word. Covering all aspects of the writing process, this concise, accessible resource is crit-
ically acclaimed, well-structured, comprehensive, and entertaining. Self-help exercises
and abundant examples from actual typescripts draw on the authors’ extensive experience
working both as researchers and with them.
Whilst retaining the accessible and pragmatic style of earlier editions, this third edition
has been updated and broadened to incorporate such timely topics as guidelines for
essful international publication, ethical and legal issues including plagiarism and
falsified data, electronic publication, and text-based talks and poster presentations.
With advice applicable to many writing contexts in the majority of scientific disciplines,
this book is a powerful tool for improving individual skills and an eminently suitable text
for classroom courses or seminars.
Janice R. Matthews is a writer and educator with a broad background in the biological
sciences. She has edited books, technical manuals and hundreds of scientific research
papers in the veterinary and biological sciences, both in university settings and for private
industry.
Robert W. M atthews is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the
University of ia and a member of the UGA Teaching insect behaviour
specialist, his scientific publications number over 165 research articles.
essful Scientific Writing
A step-by-step guide
for the biological
and medical sciences
Third edition
Janice R. Matthews and
Robert W. Matthews
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, N