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As an freelance editor for STM authors, it is an ongoing battle to persuade authors to write clearly and concisely. Thank you for writing an article that so clearly articulates both the issue and the "solution," and for making note of the rhetorical foundations on which all good writing stands.
posted by Katherine Kieva
January 2, 2011 @ 5:48 PM
Excellent article. Those who would like to evaluate the fluidity of their scientific writing based on reader expectations will find SWAN (a Java App written by scientists from Joensuu University) extremely useful. the Scientific Writing AssistaNt is available freely here: http://cs.joensuu.fi/swan/
posted by Jean Luc Lebrun
January 14, 2012 @ 3:19 AM
About once a month at Sigma Xi headquarters, we liven up the lunch hour with an American Scientist Pizza Lunch talk. In these informal lectures, scientists describe new research to nonscientists. The series is light on jargon but heavy on solid science. Each Pizza Lunch offers an in-depth look at its subject, whether it's bedbugs or the smart grid. Click below to read about and download these talks -- and to subscribe!
JSTOR, the online academic archive, now contains complete back issues of American Scientist from its inception in 1913 (as Sigma Xi Quarterly) through 2005.
The table of contents for each issue is freely available to all users; those with institutional access can read each complete issue.
View the full collection here.