Writing in Science

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Most of these print resources are available in the Writing Center, 6 Eddy Hall.

• Scientific Writing for Graduate Students. F. P. Woodford. Bethesda, MD: Council of Biology Editors, 1968. [A manual on the teaching of writing to graduate students--very clear and direct.]
  
  
• Scientific Style and Format. Council of Biology Editors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  
  
• "The science of scientific writing." George Gopen and Judith Swann. The American Scientist, Vol. 78, Nov.-Dec. 1990. Pp 550-558.
  
  
• "What's right about scientific writing." Alan Gross and Joseph Harmon. The Scientist, Dec. 6 1999. Pp. 20-21.
  
  
• "A Quick Fix for Figure Legends and Table Headings." Donald Kroodsma. The Auk, 117 (4): 1081-1083, 2000.