Phillip A. Laplante, Chris Laplante

Technical Writing (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Written by experienced practicing engineers, this guide complements traditional technical writing manuals through the presentation of firsthand examples that help readers understand practical considerations in writing and producing technical content. These examples illustrate how a publication originates as well as explain various challenges and solutions.

The third edition features the following:

• New and updated exercises, examples, and case studies
• New content on software/systems documentation
• Treatment of plagiarism to incorporate issues in generative artificial intelligence (AI), open-access archiving, and more
• Coverage of popular writing and collaboration tools such as Grammarly, Overleaf, and Google Docs
• Increased conversation of writing for non-native English speakers
• Latest standards and research

Written in an informal, conversational style, unlike traditional writing texts, this book contains many interesting vignettes and personal stories to add interest to otherwise stodgy lessons. It is aimed at students and professionals in the science and engineering domains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040449226
• Artikelnr.: 75696337

Autorenporträt

Phillip A. Laplante, Professor Emeritus of Software and Systems Engineering (Penn State), is internationally renowned for his research, teaching, and service in areas such as artificial intelligence, critical infrastructure systems, image processing, and real-time systems. Phil has more than 40 years of experience as a senior technology leader in development, research, teaching, and administrative roles. He has worked in industry, academia, and government, where he wrote thousands of business communications and technical reports. His publications include 40 books and more than 350 papers in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, and newsletters. He is the founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Reliability Magazine and the editor-in-chief of three Taylor & Francis book series, and he has served on dozens of editorial boards for other scholarly publications. His work includes definitive texts in requirements engineering, real-time systems, and technical writing. These and many of his other books are used in universities around the world. His recent book Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems, with Chris Laplante, was written for use in homeschooling. Phil earned a PhD in computer science, an MEng in electrical engineering, and a BS in systems planning and management, all at Stevens Institute of Technology. He also earned an MBA at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is available for speaking, teaching, and consulting.

Chris Laplante was introduced to the BASIC programming language at a very young age by his father, Phil. He quickly became fascinated by programming and computers in general. He is currently a software engineer at Agilent Technologies, where he works on embedded Linux systems for gas chromatographs and automated liquid samplers. He is the coauthor of the book Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems, with Phil Laplante, and an active contributor to various electronic media sites. He earned a BS in computer science with a minor in mathematics at Penn State.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Nature of Technical Writing. 2. Technical Writing Basics. 3. The
Writing Process. 4. Scientific Writing. 5. Business Communications. 6.
Technical Reporting. 7. Using Graphical Elements. 8. Publishing Your Work.
9. Writing For E-Media. 10: Writing with Collaborators. Appendix A: Writing
Checklist. Appendix B: Writing Samples.

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1. The Nature of Technical Writing. 2. Technical Writing Basics. 3. The Writing Process. 4. Scientific Writing. 5. Business Communications. 6. Technical Reporting. 7. Using Graphical Elements. 8. Publishing Your Work. 9. Writing For E-Media. 10: Writing with Collaborators. Appendix A: Writing Checklist. Appendix B: Writing Samples.

Rezensionen

"Overall the book provides practical, actionable, information that can be used to improve anyone's writing skills - technical or nontechnical. The author covers a wide variety of media used to convey technical information not only including books and journals, but also magazines, conference proceedings, newsletters, websites, and blogs. Rather than a boring cookbook style of writing, the author uses many stories, personal examples of his own writing, and visuals (graphs, tables, drawings) to convey good writing styles and practical information that will improve your writing.
There are references and sample exercises at the end of each chapter for further study. The appendix also contains a list of templates for various types of documents Anyone interested in improving their writing skills and technical communication skills in general will find this book to be an invaluable and practical reference guide."
-IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine June 2019 Issue