Ideas into Words Mastering the Craft of Science writing e hancock 2003 docx

... off knowingmuch science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci-ence, be eager to wade into its complexities, ask intelligentquestions, ... vanity, no pettiness, no person-alities. There were only the words, and the ideas they ex-pressed, that were our job, together, to get right. Nothingelse mattered. And everything that mattered was ... me that they have decided they want to bewriters, and they’ll get started as soon as they have moretime, or when they have their study ﬁxed up, or when theyget a new computer, or when they...

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... squiggles and slashes and XXXs do? They changeyour words and ideas, develop them, reorder them, dismem-ber them, turn them inside out, or obliterate them alto-gether. They signify, at some level, ... fact:Some to much of today’s research is mistaken or incomplete.Furthermore, the longer you live, the more of the “facts” inyour head will be erroneous. Science keeps moving and the Todal takes the ... writers do. At parties,people often tell me that they have decided they want to bewriters, and they’ll get started as soon as they have moretime, or when they have their study ﬁxed up, or when...

Ideas Into Words Mastering The Craft Of Science Writing

... and slashes and XXXs do? They changeyour words and ideas, develop them, reorder them, dismem-ber them, turn them inside out, or obliterate them alto-gether. They signify, at some level, that ... going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi-demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien-tist, the larger the scruple and the more he insisted on that30 percent.So when a scientist ... less exalted levels, there are certain scientistswhom the others all respect, because they bring a certainbreadth, a largeness of vision, yet also think precisely. Theyask good questions. They...

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Ideas into Words : Mastering the Craft of Science docx

... interest in it. Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowingmuch science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci-ence, ... best in the evening.What kind of detail? Well, for example, take the last familyThanksgiving dinner you attended.Who was there? Describe them.Where was the dinner held? Why there? Describe ... Technology tell him that the evidence“is so mixed up that even some of the things they’ve estab-lished for years are being questioned—such as the betadecay of the neutron is S and T. It’s so messed...

Ideas in to Words Mastering the Craft of Science Writing Elise Hancock Foreword doc

... off knowingmuch science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci-ence, be eager to wade into its complexities, ask intelligentquestions, ... you venture out onto the road, believe me, the researcherswill be delighted to coach you.Over the course of a career, you’ll need hundreds of learner’s permits, so you might as well enjoy the ... Technology tell him that the evidence“is so mixed up that even some of the things they’ve estab-lished for years are being questioned—such as the betadecay of the neutron is S and T. It’s so messed...

Mastering the craft of science writing part 17

... there in agony looking at the pieces of paper—agonizing but not progressing, because they have solittle hope that they never actually come to grips with the material. They are deer in the headlights.Paraphrasing ... youneed to pick the right one for you. Speciﬁcally, bashersneed something to trigger their adrenaline. So they oftenthrive as staff, goaded on by the rest of the group (not tomention the boss). ... understandingfailed—and surprisingly often, that would be all the helpyou needed.Sometimes people decide that they cannot do something:understand physics, let us say. Then, when they have to do it,they...

Mastering the craft of science writing part 4

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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 1 pdf

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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 2 pdf

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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 3 docx

... you venture out onto the road, believe me, the researcherswill be delighted to coach you.Over the course of a career, you’ll need hundreds of learner’s permits, so you might as well enjoy the ... need to Be the sort of person whom readers trust withtheir attention—and the readers cannot be fooled, becausethey have crawled into your mind. If you are bored, the Ideas into Words 2Moments ... Attitude5terial as they do with the readers. Indeed, their curiosity andits fruits are a large part of what the reader senses, of whatlets the reader trust them—a process that begins with the ﬁrst...

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