Not intended to be read from cover to cover, this book was designed instead to be a quick and useful reference for students, young engineers, and experienced professionals alike. It provides guidelines, advice, and technical information for preparing formal documents - covering a range of report formats (e.g. assessment, laboratory, and progress reports).This concise, no-nonsense guide provides alphabetically ordered and cross-referenced topics, which make it easy to find answers to questions related to writing a technical report or thesis.The topics include: the format and content of reports and theses; copyright and plagiarism; print and Internet reference citation; abbreviations; units and conversion factors; significant figures; mathematical notation and equations; writing styles and conventions; frequently confused words; and, grammatical errors and punctuation.It also provides commonsense advice on issues such as how to get started and how to keep your reader's attention.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780791802366
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87656824
Product Key Features
Book Title
Technical Writing A-Z: a Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses (U.S. English Edition)
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Author
Trevor M. Young
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Trevor M. Young
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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