Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Phillip A. LaPlante

Engineers and scientists of all types are often required to write reports, summaries, manuals, guides, and so forth. While these individuals certainly have had some sort of English or writing course, it is less likely that they have had any instruction in the special requirements of technical writing. Filling this void, Technical A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Written by a renowned engineer and widely published technical author, this guide complements the traditional writer’s reference manuals and other books on technical writing. It helps readers understand the practical considerations in writing technical content. Drawing on his own work, the author presents many first-hand examples of writing, editing, and publishing technical materials. These examples illustrate how a publication originated as well as various challenges and solutions.

Genres: Science

250 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2011

Reviews

[Seb]

I had a good laugh at one point while reading: I was starting to yawn after one and a half of interesting but boring chapters when I read:

Dull writing can lose the reader's attention and diminish his understanding

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Very good first half, I learned a lot. Very dull and outdated (2009) second half. Fifty-fifty => 2.5 ⭐ rounded up

[Swarup Kanti Gupta]

A very good book on the Topic mentioned in the title. The author really has command on the subject he discussed and almost everything is written with personal experience.

The presentation is very good and language is nice and sober. A really good book for people who needs to prepare technical documents as part of their jobs.