Mastering Academic Writing in the Sciences : A Step-by-Step Guide

This book provides a comprehensive and coherent step-by-step guide to writing in scientific academic disciplines. It is an invaluable resource for those working on a PhD thesis, research paper, dissertation, or report. Writing these documents can be a long and arduous experience for students and their supervisors, and even for experienced researchers. However, this book can hold the key to success. Mapping the steps involved in the writing process - from acquiring and organizing sources of information, to revising early drafts, to proofreading the final product - it provides clear guidance on what to write and how best to write it. "This is really a must-have book for everyone, student or expert, planning to write an academic text in scientific disciplines on any subject and of any type and length, from a PhD thesis to a journal paper. It describes effectively all the necessary steps to obtain the best possible result: form gathering the needed information to proof reading. It also gives beneficial tips for managing (and saving) time during the writing process and provides several useful examples and templates for any section of a paper or thesis. It is really a step by step guide: following it you will certainly be able to write an effective, comprehensive and enjoyable academic text." - Alessandra Guglielmetti, Professor of Physics, University of Milano, Italy