Eloquent Science – A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker and Scientist: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist - Softcover

Schultz, David M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878220918 ISBN 13: 9781878220912

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

"Eloquent Science" evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for their eventual scientific careers. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this volume presents informative and often humorous tips for writing scientific journal articles, while also providing a peek behind the curtain into the operations of editorial boards and publishers of major journals. The volume focuses on writing, reviewing, and speaking and is aimed at the domain of the student or scientist at the start of her career. The volume offers tips on poster presentations, media communication, and advice for non-native speakers of English, as well as appendices on proper punctuation usage and commonly misunderstood meteorological concepts. A further reading section at the end of each chapter suggests additional sources for the interested reader, and sidebars written by experts in the field offer diverse viewpoints on reference topics.

About this title

About the Author

David M. Schultz is professor of experimental meteorology in the Department of Physics at the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. He has published on a wide range of topics in the field and is chief editor of the Monthly Weather Review, confounder and assistant editor of the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology, associate editor of Atmospheric Science Letters, and a member of the editorial board of Geophysica.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878220918
• ISBN 13: 9781878220912
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400