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To write nonfiction, whether "science writing" or any other kind, is an act of intimacy. Read the first page
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important for science writers; easy and fun to read,
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This review is from: Ideas Into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing (Hardcover)
The author provides many examples of great scientific writing. Such writing involves translating difficult-to-understand abstractions into concepts easy to understand and related to our current knowledge.Her writing was a delight to read. "As the article proceeds, it is as if the selected facts are coated in honey, so that they slide down easy, one pill at a time. No reader will go away thinking, Boy was that turgid, I had to learn a new word just about every paragraph - even though she did." The book is organized into the following chapters: 1 A Matter of Attitude What I particularly liked: + her ability to use extended similes, metaphors I highly recommend this book for anyone who writes, but particularly for anyone who wants to write for the scientific or technical markets. John Dunbar
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Useful for aspiring science writers and scientists alike,
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This review is from: Ideas into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing (Paperback)
I read "Ideas into Words" primarily for an insight into how science writers go about their business and secondarily to see if aspects of good popular science writing can be useful in communicating science between disciplines - and in writing grant applications. Hancock does indeed provide a nice glimpse into scientific journalism. The second and third chapters focused on reporting science and interacting with scientists from a journalist's perspective. A lot of the suggestions also apply to what makes for a good science student. The final four chapters dealt with writing and some of the suggestions do cross over from journalism to other forms of writing. The first chapter was the most enjoyable; the discussions of what science is and how scientists think were gems. My favorites sections were on the mentoring process in science and the difference between scientific and legal forms of rational inquiry - truth vs. verdict. I recommend this book mainly to people interested in becoming science writers. I believe the suggestions would help anyone reporting on my own work, for example. The suggestions and discussions in the book are also of value to scientists who wish to communicate their work.
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important for science writers; easy and fun to read,
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This review is from: Ideas Into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing (Hardcover)
The author provides many examples of great scientific writing. Such writing involves translating difficult-to-understand abstractions into concepts easy to understand and related to our current knowledge.Her writing was a delight to read. "As the article proceeds, it is as if the selected facts are coated in honey, so that they slide down easy, one pill at a time. No reader will go away thinking, Boy was that turgid, I had to learn a new word just about every paragraph - even though she did." The book is organized into the following chapters: 1 A Matter of Attitude What I particularly liked: + her ability to use extended similes, metaphors I highly recommend this book for anyone who writes, but particularly for anyone who wants to write for the scientific or technical markets. John Dunbar 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Useful for aspiring science writers and scientists alike,
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I read "Ideas into Words" primarily for an insight into how science writers go about their business and secondarily to see if aspects of good popular science writing can be useful in communicating science between disciplines - and in writing grant applications. Hancock does indeed provide a nice glimpse into scientific journalism. The second and third chapters focused on reporting science and interacting with scientists from a journalist's perspective. A lot of the suggestions also apply to what makes for a good science student. The final four chapters dealt with writing and some of the suggestions do cross over from journalism to other forms of writing. The first chapter was the most enjoyable; the discussions of what science is and how scientists think were gems. My favorites sections were on the mentoring process in science and the difference between scientific and legal forms of rational inquiry - truth vs. verdict. I recommend this book mainly to people interested in becoming science writers. I believe the suggestions would help anyone reporting on my own work, for example. The suggestions and discussions in the book are also of value to scientists who wish to communicate their work.
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I am attempting to take on the daunting task of writing a non-fiction sciencey book. English was my worst subject and I didn't pay attention in biology class. I need all of the help I can get. I thought this book was both useful and enjoyable. She offers a great deal of practical wisdom which left me feeling not so lost. I was already doing many things right and had no idea!
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