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Professional and Technical Writing Strategies: Communicating in Technology and Science (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Judith S. VanAlstyne (Author), with Merrill D. Tritt (Author)
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0130412791 978-0130412799 July 19, 2001 5
For freshman and sophomore level courses in Professional Writing, Technical Writing and Science and Technical Writing. Comprehensive and easy-to-read, this award-winning text/reference for students emphasizes practical writing. Its presentation and applications offer simple guides that students can easily emulate. It combines instruction, sample papers, exercises and writing projects for manuals, correspondence, research and publication articles, and oral technical communications plus coverage of Internet aids and website design.


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Comprehensive and easy-to-read, this award-winning text/reference for students in technical, engineering, and scientific studies emphasizes practical writing and its applications, offering simple guides that students can easily emulate. It combines discussion and instructions, multiple samples, and art work for reports and related writing and speaking projects. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The fifth edition of this successful text is suitable for college and university students at any level. The materials have been tested in academic classes and in training workshops in

The authors include writing samples that illustrate actual writing demands in a crow-section of career fields: architecture, aviation, computer sciences, ecology, engineering, fire science, insurance, real estate, landscape technology, manufacturing, medicine and dentistry, nursing and paramedical fields, pest control technology, and all of the sciences.

Revisions to the fifth edition include:

  • Coverage of the expanded role of the technical writer with extensive coverage of the ethical and legal concerns in communication.
  • Expanded discussion of collaborative writing and offers more collaborative writing projects.
  • 38 new illustrative graphics and page design options.
  • Moving the Research Strategies section to much earlier in the text to reflect the increasing importance research has on technical documents.
  • A new chapter on Web site design and management in Part Five entitled Presentation Strategies.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 706 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (July 19, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0130412791
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130412799
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,179,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best and simplest, November 29, 2001
This review is from: Professional and Technical Writing Strategies: Communicating in Technology and Science (5th Edition) (Paperback)
This is the best book on the subject I have read thus far. Easy to read and simple to follow, this is text for the those serious about tech writing.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for learning technical writing, September 8, 2000
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Jianliang Qian (Houston, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
This book concentrates on the technical writing and communicating for people who would like to make professional progress on one's career. It teaches a lot of techniques for improving orgainzation and clarity of writing. It also clarifies many common misunderstanding in the technical writing. It is a must for people who have to take care of technical writing.
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This was a textbook for a technical writing class. I had the book online but really loved having the printed version also.
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