{"id":88,"date":"2017-09-28T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.ft.unicamp.br\/vitor\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2023-05-23T20:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:59:51","slug":"escrita-cientifica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.ft.unicamp.br\/vitor\/escrita-cientifica\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

Samuel Johnson (1709\u20131784)<\/p>\n

I have dedicated part of my time to study and to teach scientific writing. This becomes more intense after a training at the University of Bath (UK) supported by the UNICAMP (see the info here in English<\/a> and in Portuguese<\/a>).\u00a0 Here I present some material I have collected along my studies that may be useful to improve writing skills.\u00a0 I have used these materials during\u00a0my courses<\/a>\u00a0, especially in FT081 – Academic Writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Websites and tools<\/h5>\n
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  1. https:\/\/www.craftofscientificwriting.org\/<\/a> Michael Alley<\/li>\n
  2. Prof. Chris Mack’s website with good texts regarding scientific publication and writing: \u00a0http:\/\/www.lithoguru.com\/scientist\/science-writing.html<\/a> (See for instance, the text about the\u00a0350 years of the scientific journals<\/a>\u00a0and about\u00a0\u00a0style<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Tool for determining some characteristics of your text (e.g. lexical density):\u00a0http:\/\/www.analyzemywriting.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Tool for determining how is your text regarding the Academic Word List<\/a> (AWL):\u00a0http:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/alzsh3\/acvocab\/awlhighlighter.htm<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Material of the Plain English Campaign (http:\/\/www.plainenglish.co.uk\/<\/a>): a) Alternative Words<\/a> and\u00a0 b) How to write in plain English<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0Corpus of Contemporary American English<\/a> (COCA)<\/li>\n
  7. Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century<\/a> – with Steven Pinker<\/li>\n
  8. Cientistas precisam ter estilo<\/a> – Prof. Dr. Wagner Cotroni Valenti<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Become a More Successful Author<\/a>, Soil Sci. Soc.<\/em> Am. J. (1993) [doi:10.2136\/sssaj1993.03615995005700010001x]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Books<\/h5>\n
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    1. Eloquent Science<\/a>, David Schultz (chap.\u00a0 “The motivation to write” is a good beginning)<\/li>\n
    2. Guia de Escrita<\/a>, Steven Pinker (see also the material (in Portuguese) from the\u00a0Galileu<\/a>\u00a0magazine and an interview (in Portuguese) with the author<\/a> in the revista Carta Capital magazine)<\/li>\n
    3. Scientific Writing<\/a>, Jennifer Peat (I recommend chap. 8 “Writing style”)<\/li>\n
    4. English for Research Papers: a handbook for Brazilian authors<\/a>, Jim Hesson<\/li>\n
    5. \n

      The Craft of Scientific Writing<\/a>, Michael Alley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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