Writing for computer science /
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| Author / Creator: | Zobel, Justin, 1963- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | London ; New York : Springer, c2004. |
| Description: | xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5159475 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction Kinds of publication Writing, science, and skepticism Using this book Spelling and terminology
- 2. Good styleEconomy Tone Examples Motivation Balance Voice The upper hand Obfuscation Analogies Strawmen Reference and citation Quotation Acknowledgements Grammar Beauty
- 3. Style specificsTitles and headings
- Theopening paragraphs Variation Paragraphing Ambiguity Sentence structure
- Tense Repetition and parallelism Emphasis Definitions Choice of words
- Qualifiers Misused words Spelling conventions Jargon Cliche and idiom Foreignwords
- Overuse of words Padding Plurals Abbreviations Acronyms Sexism
- 4. Punctuation Fonts and formatting Stops Commas Colons and semicolons Apostrophes Exclamations Hyphenation Capitalization Quotations Parentheses Citations
- 5. Mathematics Clarity Theorems Readability Notation Ranges and sequences Alphabets Linebreaks Numbers Percentages Units of measurement
- 6. Graphs, figures, and tables Graphs Visualization of results Diagrams Tables Captions and labels Axes, labels, and headings
- 7. AlgorithmsPresentation of algorithms Formalisms Level of detail Figures Notation Environment of algorithms Performance of algorithms Asymptotic complexity
- 8. Editing Consistency Style Proofreading Choice of word-processor An editing checklist
- 9. Writing up The scope of apaper Telling a story Organization
- The First draft Fromdraft to submission Prepublication
- Theses A writing-up checklist Doing researchBeginnings Shaping a research project
- Students and advisors Finding research literature Reading Research planning
- Hypotheses Defending hypotheses Evidence Good and bad science Reflections on research A research checklist
- 11. ExperimentationDesigning experiments Measurements and coding Describing experiments Variables Statistics Intuition An experimentation checklist
- 12. Refereeing Responsibilities Contribution Evaluation of papers Referees' reports A refereeing checklist
- 13. EthicsPlagiarism Self-plagiarism Misrepresentation Authorship Confidentiality and conflict of interest Anethics checklist
- 14. Giving presentations Content Organization The introduction The conclusion Preparation Delivery Question time Slides Slide tools Text slides Figures A presentations checklist Examples of slides
- Afterword
- Bibliography Exercises
- Index
