This succinct, 9,000-word handbook provides a complete (and essential) "Elements of Style" for busy academics, scientists and students - in fact for all professionals concerned with the concise and eloquent description of scientific experiments and results.Leading independent tech editor Nancy Fox delivers precise guidelines, style tips, and details of accepted practices to cover every and any type of laboratory work.CONTENTS: Some Brief Words of WisdomForeword1. What Constitutes Valid Publication?2. The Ritual of the Scientific Paper: IMRAD3. Your Shout-Out: The Importance of Title4. Ego Tyrannous: The Movie Credits5. Listing Institutions and Addresses6. In Short: The All-Important Abstract7. How to Begin8. Materials, Methods and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night9. Presenting Results10. How to Write Your Discussion11. How to Write Your Acknowledgments12. Literature Cited13. Using Tables14. To Graph or Not to Graph15. The Art of the Review Paper16. The Art of the Conference Report17. The Art of the Scientific Book Review18. Plagiarism19. How to Submit Your Work20. A Few Fundamental Rules to Improve Your Writing21. Common Grammar Traps22. The Peer ReviewBibliograph