tailieunhanh - Mastering the craft of science writing part 13

Tham khảo tài liệu 'mastering the craft of science writing part 13', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Ideas into Words ceivably possibly very possibly probably likely very likely and almost certainly. Does the evidence imply suggest demonstrate show or prove Deploy such words with care. Explain as needed not sooner and not later not more and not less. If the article s structure is right the subject will unfurl like a morning glory example case and explanations inextricably mingled. Avoid any long patches of bald theory First you must understand the uncertainty principle . . Too many readers won t make it through. Inexperienced science writers tend to overexplain which is natural. Photographers love photographs that required them to wait in the rain for twelve hours and writers love explanations that cost them a big intellectual struggle. It s the hazing principle If something was hard yet we persisted we think it must have extra value as it does of course. Nothing you learn is ever wasted. Your harvest need not appear in the manuscript however. Rather you will often use your new deeper understanding to craft an explanation that keeps the idea moving forward and is true as far as it goes. You will become very fond of phrases like one of several molecules that do such-and-so. If a technical term will come up one time only silently translate into something your key reader can get like a special type of immune cell or an icy belt at the outskirts of the solar system where astronomers believe most comets form. In general unless you are writing as a scientific specialist to others in the field translation is always the way to go. Why say catalyze when you can say something active and specific like triggers the whatever or stimulates the which to what Even the many readers who know what catalysis is if they stop to think for a second will benefit from the translation. It saves their willingness to concentrate for any material that really could be tough. If you will need a technical term again as shorthand for an idea that will return explain it in passing as in this .