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Blum - Field Guide for Science Writers - 9780195174991 - V9780195174991
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Field Guide for Science Writers

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Description for Field Guide for Science Writers Paperback. A guide of the National Association of Science Writers. This book includes chapters that cover the techniques of good science writing, explanatory writing, writing under deadline, clone and stem-cell research, biology of behavior and eugenics, mental health, human genetics, as well as making sense of conflicting studies. Editor(s): Blum, Deborah; Knudson, Mary; Henig, Robin Marantz. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CBWT; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
This is the official text for the National Association of Science Writers. In the eight years since the publication of the first edition of A Field Guide for Science Writing, much about the world has changed. Some of the leading issues in today's political marketplace - embryonic stem cell research, global warming, health care reform, space exploration, genetic privacy, germ warfare - are informed by scientific ideas. Never has it been more crucial for the lay public to be scientifically literate. That's where science writers come in. And that's why it's time for an update to the Field Guide, already ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195174991
SKU
V9780195174991
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-31

About Blum
Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize winning science writer, former president of the National Association of Science Writers, and Professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of such award-winning books as Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection, Sex on the Brain, and The Monkey Wars. She has also written for ... Read more

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