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Short Guide to Writing about Biology, A Paperback – 19 April 2012

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This best-selling writing guide by a prominent biologist teaches students to think as biologists and to express ideas clearly and concisely through their writing.

Providing students with the tools they'll need to be successful writers in college and their profession, A Short Guide to Writing about Biology emphasizes writing as a means to examine, evaluate, share, and refine ideas. The text teaches students how to read critically, study, evaluate and report data, and how to communicate information clearly and logically.

Students are also given detailed advice on locating useful sources, interpreting the results of statistical tests, maintaining effective laboratory and field notebooks, writing effective research proposals and poster presentations, writing effective applications, and communicating information to both professional and general audiences.

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  1. ISBN-10
    020507507X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0205075072
  3. Edition
    8th
  4. Publisher
    Pearson
  5. Publication date
    19 April 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    1.91 x 14.61 x 21.59 cm
  8. Print length
    288 pages
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Jan A. Pechenik is Professor of Biology at Tufts University, where he has been teaching and doing research since 1978. He obtained his B.A. in Zoology from Duke University and his Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. To date he has published more than a hundred papers on the development and metamorphosis of marine invertebrate animals, including snails, blue mussels, crabs, barnacles, polychaetes, bryozoans, and parasitic flatworms. Professor Pechenik has also published a successful textbook on invertebrate biology, currently in its 3rd edition, and chairs the Division of Invertebrate Zoology within the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology (formerly the American Society of Zoologists). Committed to teaching as well as research, his highly praised book on this subject, AShort Guide to Writing About Biology, will publish in its eighth edition in January 2012.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson; 8th edition (19 April 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 020507507X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205075072
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.91 x 14.61 x 21.59 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.0 out of 5 stars Really recommend this book as a preparation for studying biological science
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2018
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I wish I had read this book in my 1st year .
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book will help you when writing about biological sciences ...
Reviewed in the United States on 30 August 2015
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This book will help you when writing about biological sciences, mostly for research papers, journal articles, etc. It's very dry, but all of that type of literature is dry. It definitely gives you the basics, and plenty of examples on how to write.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Handy Guide for undergrads
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Easy to read. Has tips and examples throughout the text. Very helpful when writing lab reports. Slightly expensive though :(
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Judith R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for biology classes at my college
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Recommended for biology classes at my college. It's been useful for writing professional lab reports (at least by my dept. standards)- also has info for grad school apps, scholarships etc.
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love it, the service was excellente
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