A Field Guide for Science Writers
- ISBN-10
- 0195174984
- ISBN-13
- 9780195174984
- Series
- A Field Guide for Science Writers
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Robin Marantz Henig, Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson
Description
Offers a roadmap to the area of science writing. In this edition, various chapters cover the techniques of good science writing, explanatory writing, writing under deadline, clone and stem-cell research, biology of behaviour and eugenics, mental health, human genetics, as well as making sense of conflicting studies.
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