Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415925517 ISBN 13: 9780415925518

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

With this new edition, Science and Technical Writing confirms its position as the definitive style resource for thousands of established and aspiring technical writers. Editor Philip Rubens has fully revised and updated his popular 1992 edition, with full, authoritative coverage of the techniques and technologies that have revolutionized electronic communications over the past eight years.

About this title

About the Author

Philip Rubens is Professor of Technical Communications at East Carolina University.

From the Back Cover

Science And Technical Writing: A Manual of Style, 2nd Edition offers writers and editors guidance on the full range of communication tasks -- from audience analysis to indexing. This indispensable resource provides both professionals and would-be professionals with the latest style guide for the field, including information on the more complex issues facing the sci-tech writer:
-- Designing on-screen information
-- Working with linked and archived web sources
-- Using specialized symbologies
-- Referencing for both paper and electronic communication products
-- Writing Global English
-- And much more

This authoritative guide covers the entire range of scientific and technical writing in virtually every medium. Science and Technical Writing is an essential tool for writers, editors, publishers, and anyone associated with the field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415925517
• ISBN 13: 9780415925518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Rubens Philip