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ESS 595, Fall 2009
Scientific Writing and Graphics WEEK 1 - October 07
Basic Writing Skills Discussion leaders: Steve and Ed Gopen, G.D. and J.A. Swan 1990. The science of scientific writing. American Scientist 78(6), 550-558. Orwell, G. Politics and the English Language. Horizon. April 1946. WEEK 2 - October 14
What's Wrong with how Scientists Write? Discussion leaders:
Avery, L. 1996. Write to reply. Nature 379, 293. Camba, R. 2000. Start making sense. Nature 406, 461. Gregory, M. 1992. The infectiousness of pompous prose Nature 360, 11-12. Hayes, D.P. 1988. Speaking and writing: distinct patterns of word choice. Journal of memory and language 27, 572-585. Hayes, D.P. 1992. The growing inaccessibility of science. Nature 356, 739-740 Knight, J. 2003. Clear as mud. Nature 423, 376-378. Leather, S.R. 1996. The case for the passive voice. Nature 381, 467. Maddox, J. 1986. What is the scientific literature? Nature 322, 681. Maddox, J. 1990. Does the literature deserve the name? Nature 348, 191. WEEK 3 - October 21
How the Mind Reads Discussion leaders: Kristin Poinar and Eva Stueeken Report: by Darci Snowden and Jessica Lundin MacIntyre, M.E. 1997. Lucidity and science I. writing skills and the pattern-perception hypothesis. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 22, 199-216.
WEEK 4 - October 28
Student Writing Practice Discussion Leaders: Steve Warren and Ed Waddington Report: by Ruschle Dadic and T.J. Fudge Strunk, W. Jr., and E.B.White. 1959. Elements of style. Macmillan. Student critiques of one anothers' AGU or GSA abstracts, or similar short texts.
WEEK 5 - November 4
Principles of Scientific Prose Discussion leaders: Regina Carns and Nicholas Castle Report: by Rhea George and Chris Terai Alley, M. 1996. The craft of scientific writing. 3rd ed. Springer. Chapters 1-3. WEEK 6 - November 11
Being Precise, Clear, Forthright, Familiar, Concise, and Fluid Discussion leaders: Jessica Lundin and Nick Siler Alley, M. 1996. The craft of scientific writing. 3rd ed. Springer. Chapters 4-9, and Appendices. Although November 11 is a formal holiday, we will meet at the regular time. However, the new location will be JHN 011. WEEK 7 - November 19
Principles of Graph Construction Discussion leaders: Brian Smoliak and Adam Campbell Report: by Nick Siler and Regina Carns Cleveland, W.S. 1994. The elements of graphing data. Hobart Press. Chapters 1-2. Note time and date change Thursday November 19, 1:30-3:00 ATG 610. because of conflict on November 18 with Norbert Untersteiner's world premier of the Ice Station Alpha movie. Film and Panel Discussion: Drifting Station Alpha in the Arctic WEEK 8 - November 25
Graphical Methods Discussion leaders: Abhi Ghosh and Yurong Luan Cleveland, W.S. 1994. The elements of graphing data. Hobart Press. Chapter 3. (Note separate color figures attached.) Cleveland, W.S. and R. McGill. 1985. Graphical perception and graphical methods for analyzing scientific data. Science 229, 828-833 WEEK 9 - December 02
Student Powerpoint Practice Discussion Leaders: Jonathan Toner and T.J. Fudge Report: by Nick Castle Student critiques of one anothers' PowerPoint slides. WEEK 10 - December 09
Discussion leaders: Sandra Penny and Caroline Pew Report: by Angie Pendergrass Sitting Down to Write Alley, Michael, (1996). The craft of scientific writing. 3rd ed. Springer. Chapter 17. "Actually sitting down to write" Writing Proposals Chapin, P.G. (2004). Research projects and research proposals. Cambridge. Chapter 5, 61-97. Authorship Greene, M. (2007). The demise of the lone author. Nature 450, 1165. OECD, O. (2007). Science, Technology and Industry: Scoreboard 2007. OECD Publishing. Brown, R. (1994). No hitch-hikers. Nature, 369(6482), 601. Byline Authors. ICMJE: Authorship and Contributorship. Retrieved December 13, 2009, from http://www.icmje.org/ethical_1author.html Nature editors. (1997). Games people play with authors' names. Nature 387(6636), 831. Stubbs, C. (1997). The serious business of listing authors. Nature, 388(6640), 320. Nature editors. (2002). Thoughts on (dis)credits. Nature, 415(6874), 819. doi: 10.1038/415819a Lawrence, P. A. (2002). Rank injustice. Nature, 415(6874), 835-836. doi: 10.1038/415835a Pearson, H. (2006). Credit where credit's due. Nature, 440(7084), 591-592. doi: 10.1038/440591a Nature editors. (1999) Policy on papers' contributors. Nature, 399(6735), 393. doi: 10.1038/20743 Nature editors. (2009) Authorship policies. Nature, 458(7242), 1078. doi: 10.1038/4581078a Verhagen, J.V., K.J. Wallace, S.C. Collins, and T.R. Scott (2003). QUAD system offers fair shares to all authors. Nature, 426(6967), 602. doi: 10.1038/426602a. Cham, J. (n.d.). The Author List: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due. Piled Higher Peer Review Maddox, J. (1984). Privacy and the peer-review system. Nature 312, 497. Wenneras, C. and Agnes Wolds. (1997). Nepotism and sexism in peer-review. Nature 387, 341-343. Dalton, R. (2001). Peers under pressure. Nature 413, 102-104. Grimm, D. (2005). Suggesting or excluding reviewers can help get your paper published. Science 309, 1974. Nature Editors. (2005). Working double-blind. Nature 451, 605-606. Maddox, J. (1995). Restoring good manners in research. Nature 376, 113. Martinson, B.C. M.S. Anderson, and R. deVries. (2005). Scientists behaving badly. Nature 435, 737-738. Citations Lawrence, P.A. (2003). The politics of publication. Nature 422,359-261. Untersteiner, N. (1995). Cite this letter! Physics Today, 48(4), 15&109. doi: 10.1063/1.2807969. Hamilton, D.P.1991. Research papers: who's uncited now? Science 151, 25. Ethics Maddox, J. (1995). Restoring good manners in research. Nature 376, 113. Martinson, B.C. M.S. Anderson, and R. deVries. (2005). Scientists behaving badly. Nature 435, 737-738.
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