The Craft of Scientific Writing
by Michael Alley
Recommended by Dr. Martin Gibala and Martin Gibala
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We are all apprentices 01 a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Emest Hemingway In October 1984, the weak writing in a scientific report made national news. The report, which outlined safety procedures during a nuclear attack, advised industrial workers "to don heavy clothes and immerse themselves in a large body of water. " The logic behind...
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