Christopher S. Lobban (University of Guam), Maria Schefter (University of Guam)

Writing Undergraduate Lab Reports

A Guide for Students

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Developing model reports to put advice into practice, this book teaches science undergraduates the structure and content of experimental and observational reports so that they can write a clear and impactful lab report the first time. Annotated published papers are used to demonstrate the transition to writing original-research reports.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 94
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9781107540248
• ISBN-10: 1107540240
• Artikelnr.: 47970794

Autorenporträt

Christopher S. Lobban is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Guam, where he taught scientific writing and biology. He delights in writing and has contributed to many research publications and several books, including Seaweed Ecology and Physiology (Cambridge, 2014), the second edition of which won the Phycological Society of America's Prescott Book Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
To the student
Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction to science and scientific writing
Part II. Writing the First Draft: Format: 2. Starting to write
3. Introduction
4. Materials and methods
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Title and abstract
Part III. Crafting the Final Version: Scientific Style: 8. Revising your paper
9. References
Part IV. The Anatomy of Scientific Papers: 10. Transitioning to writing about original research
References
Further reading
Index.