Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses, British English Edition - Brossura

Young, Trevor M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 079180237X ISBN 13: 9780791802373

Casa editrice: Amer Society of Mechanical, 2005

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amer Society of Mechanical
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 079180237X
• ISBN 13: 9780791802373
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 244
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile