Scientists must write — Robert Barrass
Della A. Whittaker
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Abstract
American scientists and engineers are lucky. If their reports are unreadable, they can study technical writing at the nearest university, community college, hotel seminar, or in-house course. Their British counterparts are less fortunate. According to a British friend of mine who just earned his Ph.D. degree in engineering, the British are not taught to write past primary school. Those who study engineering at a polytechnic, an advanced college of technology, or at a university must write the best they can. Too often their best writing does not read well.
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- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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- 1978-12-01
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- 10.1109/tpc.1978.6594224
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