A Short Guide to Writing About Biology (Short Guides Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jan A. Pechenik
Publisher: Longman
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 156553
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0321385926
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06657
EAN: 9780321385925
ASIN: 0321385926
Publication Date: May 29, 2006
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Provides students with the tools needed to be successful writers in college and their profession, while emphasizing writing as a way of examining, evaluating, and sharing ideas. Students are taught how to read critically, study, evaluate and report data, and how to communicate information clearly and logically. Teaches students to think as biologists and to express ideas clearly and concisely through their writing. Courses preparing students for a profession in the field of biology.
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SO HELPFUL! October 7, 2008
I am a current college student majoring in Biology. I often have lab reports and other write ups due in my biology classes. This book is one of the most useful tools for success in writing for Biology. It was the best book I invested in this semester.
Must-Have for science lab reports September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never buy anything unnecessary for my classes, it just creates unneeded clutter and stress for me. This book, however, takes the stress out of writing lab reports. It's on the pricey side, but it pays for itself. Even when I get stuck on writing a part of a report, I go back to this book and I find what I was doing wrong and/or how to go on. You can go through the different sections in the book to find something or you can refer to its very handy index at the back.
Jan Pechenik even gives examples for every part of your report (e.g., she lets you see what an introduction looks like, what a bibliography looks like, etc.). This book is for the neophytes, giving them the basics and also for the professional scientist, telling them how to format their papers for peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Ever since I've had this (I have the 5th edition, but I lost it, so I'm going to order this 6th edition...can't live without it!), it's really hard to get a bad grade on a lab report. I used to have problems with writing captions for my tables and figures, but now they actually are articulate without having my rambling tone embedded in there.
The best book for writing lab reports in college. March 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Every time I have to do a lab report, I use this book. No exceptions. Although I cannot comment on the other aspects of the book in (check out the "Look Inside!" Table of Contents), its guidance for writing lab reports is helpful to the utmost. Before this book, I made in the high 80s on my lab reports; now it is rare that I go below a 95. The book is full of what to do and, more importantly, what not to do. For example, never give purpose to evolution (I am paraphrasing, of course). Birds did not evolve flight to escape predators or to travel long distance; they evolved flight because a series of random DNA mutations turned forelimbs into wings, and that increased their survival rate. That is just one of numerous examples, and, best of all, all of the examples given are extremely relevant to college students because the material comes from college-level lab reports. Still, all of my biology professors have this book, in one edition or anther, on their shelves. This review refers to the 5th edition.
The only writing manual you'll ever need January 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've used this book since I was a freshman biology major. I'm now a Ph.D. student and I still reference this book. I've read other writing manuals designed for students in the sciences, but I've found that nothing is as clear and useful to students in the life sciences as this book.
Very Helpful. February 26, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My daugther is the one that uses this and she finds it very helpful to understanding the lessons.
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