Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide To Engineering Reports And Theses: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses (U.S. English Edition) - Softcover

Young, Trevor M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791802361 ISBN 13: 9780791802366

Publisher: Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers, 2005

Synopsis

Not intended to be read from cover to cover, this book was designed instead to be a quick and useful reference for students, young engineers, and experienced professionals alike. It provides guidelines, advice, and technical information for preparing formal documents-covering a range of report formats (e.g. assessment, laboratory, and progress reports). This concise, no-nonsense guide provides alphabetically ordered and cross-referenced topics, which make it easy to find answers to questions related to writing a technical report or thesis. Topics include: the format and content of reports and theses; copyright and plagiarism; print and Internet reference citation; abbreviations; units and conversion factors; significant figures; mathematical notation and equations; writing styles and conventions; frequently confused words; grammatical errors and punctuation. It also provides commonsense advice on issues such as how to get started and how to keep your reader's attention.

About this title

Synopsis

Not intended to be read from cover to cover, this book was designed instead to be a quick and useful reference for students, young engineers, and experienced professionals alike. It provides guidelines, advice, and technical information for preparing formal documents - covering a range of report formats (e.g. assessment, laboratory, and progress reports).This concise, no-nonsense guide provides alphabetically ordered and cross-referenced topics, which make it easy to find answers to questions related to writing a technical report or thesis.The topics include: the format and content of reports and theses; copyright and plagiarism; print and Internet reference citation; abbreviations; units and conversion factors; significant figures; mathematical notation and equations; writing styles and conventions; frequently confused words; and, grammatical errors and punctuation.It also provides commonsense advice on issues such as how to get started and how to keep your reader's attention.

About the Author

Dr. Trevor M. Young is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791802361
• ISBN 13: 9780791802366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240