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Professional and Technical Writing Strategies: Communicating in Technology and Science [Paperback]

Judith S. Vanalstyne (Author), Gordon R. Maddison (Author)
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0131386522 978-0131386525 January 1994 3rd
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.

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Guidelines, sample formats, and sample papers in the areas of oral and written professional and technical communication strategies. This edition contains expanded coverage of communication theory and state-of-the-art practices.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 541 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; 3rd edition (January 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0131386522
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131386525
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 2.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,088,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best and simplest, November 29, 2001
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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