Whether sharing a spectacular shot from a deep-space probe, announcing a development in genetic engineering, or crafting an easy-to-reference list of cancer risk factors, science public information officers, or PIOs, serve as scientific liaisons, con...

Earning praise from scientists, journalists, faculty, and students, "The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers" has helped thousands of writers communicate data clearly and effectively. Its publication offered a much-needed bridge between good quant...

In science and technology, the images used to depict ideas, data, and reactions can be as striking and explosive as the concepts and processes they embody – both works of art and generative forces in their own right. Drawing on a close dialogue betwe...

Today's researchers have access to more information than ever before. Yet the new material is both overwhelming in quantity and variable in quality. How can scholars survive these twin problems and produce groundbreaking research using the physical a...

"Gender systems pervade and regulate human lives – in law courts and operating rooms, ballparks and poker clubs, hair-dressing salons and kitchens, classrooms and playgroups... Exactly how gender works varies from culture to culture, and from histori...

For more than fifty years, authors, editors, and publishers in the scientific community have turned to "Scientific Style and Format" for authoritative recommendations on all matters of writing style and citation. Developed by the Council of Science E...

When a dissertation crosses my desk, I usually want to grab it by its metaphorical lapels and give it a good shake".You know something!" I would say if it could hear me".Now tell it to us in language we can understand!" Since its publication in 2005...

Law school can be a joyous, soul-transforming challenge that leads to a rewarding career. It can also be an exhausting, self-limiting trap. It all depends on making smart decisions. When every advantage counts, "A Student's Guide to Law School" is li...

The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational soc...

Many different people, from social scientists to government agencies to business professionals, depend on the results of multivariate models to inform their decisions. Researchers use these advanced statistical techniques to analyze relationships amo...