A scientific approach to writing for engineers and scientists / (Record no. 42532)
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| control field | IEEE |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid LC control number | 2013051205 (print) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781118886779 |
| Qualifying information | ebook |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781118832523 |
| Qualifying information | paperback |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781118899793 |
| Qualifying information | Adobe PDF |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1002/9781118886779 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (CaBNVSL)mat06852068 |
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| System control number | (IDAMS)0b0000648268cc98 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CaBNVSL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | CaBNVSL |
| Modifying agency | CaBNVSL |
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| Classification number | T11 |
| Item number | .B445 2014eb |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 808.06/65 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Berger, Robert E, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A scientific approach to writing for engineers and scientists / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Robert E. Berger. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Hoboken, New Jersey : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Wiley ; |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Piscataway, NJ : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | IEEE Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2014] |
| 264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | IEEE Xplore, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2014] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 PDF (256 pages). |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | electronic |
| Source | isbdmedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | A Note from the Series Editor, xiii -- Acknowledgments, xv -- Foreword, xvii -- Preface, xxi -- 1 Introduction to the Approach 1 -- PART I Sentences 9 -- 2 Qualifiers Used in Sentences 11 -- 3 Subordinate Clauses Used as Qualifiers 21 -- 4 Explanatory Phrases, Participle Phrases, and Major Prepositional Phrases 31 -- 5 Infinitive Phrases, and the General Rule for Punctuating Qualifiers 45 -- 6 Sentences with Two Qualifiers 55 -- 7 Higher Orders of Punctuation 69 -- 8 Strategies to Improve Sentences with Qualifiers 77 -- PART II Lists 89 -- 9 Two-Item Lists 91 -- 10 Multiple-Item Lists 103 -- 11 Strategies for Writing Better Lists 111 -- PART III Word Choice and Placement 119 -- 12 Adjectives and Adverbs 121 -- 13 Precision in Word Usage 135 -- PART IV Beyond Sentences 149 -- 14 Paragraphs 151 -- 15 Arguments 163 -- 16 Justification of Arguments 173 -- 17 Organization and Presentation 181 -- References, 193 -- About the Author, 207 -- Index, 209 |
| 506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "This book is a guide to technical writing, presented in a systematic framework that mirrors the logic associated with the scientific process itself. Other English books merely define concepts and provide rules; this one explains the reasoning behind the rules."-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in print. |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE | |
| System details note | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on PDF viewed 12/22/2015. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Communication in science. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Technical writing. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
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| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | IEEE Xplore (Online Service), |
| Relator term | distributor. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Wiley, |
| Relator term | publisher. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781118832523 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Abstract with links to resource |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6852068 |
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