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Authors: Elizabeth M C Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher
ISBN-13: 9781860942075, ISBN-10: 1860942075
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Date Published: July 1999
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Elizabeth M C Fisher

Book Synopsis

Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation! is a complete guide to good dissertation and thesis writing. Written in an accessible style with apposite cartoons and anecdotes, it gives practical advice about how to plan, write, edit, present, and submit a successful thesis.

Ch. 1	Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation!	1
Ch. 2	Planning and Writing the References (Bibliography)	21
Ch. 3	Planning and Writing Materials and Methods/Experimental Techniques	35
Ch. 4	Planning and Writing the Results	54
Ch. 5	Planning and Writing the Introduction	64
Ch. 6	Planning and Writing the Discussion	72
Ch. 7	Figures and Tables	79
Ch. 8	Deciding On a Title and Planning and Writing the Other Bits	110
Ch. 9	Proofreading, Printing, Binding and Submission	121
Ch. 10	And You Thought It Was All Over	130
Ch. 11	Supervision	140
Ch. 12	Resources	146
Ch. 13	Layout	171
Ch. 14	The Use of English	185
App. 1	Easily Confused Words	244
App. 2	Prefixes and Suffixes	252
App. 3	Wordy Words and Phrases	256
App. 4	Words That Can Cause Vagueness	261
App. 5	Latin Words and Abbreviations, and What They Mean	265
App. 6	The Greek Alphabet and Roman Numerals	270
App. 7	SI Units and Their Multiples	273
	Index	275