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Developmental Editing A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers

Norton Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226595153, ISBN: HB: 9780226595146, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
252 pp., 23x15 cm

Editing is a tricky business. It requires analytical flair and creative panache, the patience of a saint and the vision of a writer. Transforming a manuscript into a book that edifies, inspires, and sells? That's the job of the developmental editor,...

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Craft of Scientific Communication

Harmon Joseph E., Gross Alan G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316628, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 21 halftones, 12 line illus.

The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist. But since writing is often secondary in scientific education and teaching, there remains a significant need for guides that teach scientists how best t...

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Critical Terms for Media Studies

Mitchell W. J. T., Hansen Mark B. N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226532554, ISBN: HB: 9780226532547, University of Chicago Press, March 2010
376 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 halftones, 6 line illus.

Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive".Critical Terms for Media Studies" defines, and...

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Eloquent Science A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker and Scientist

Schultz David M.

ISBN: PB: 9781878220912, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, December 2009
448 pp., 23x17.8 cm, 5 halftones, 20 line drawings, 10 tables

"Eloquent Science" evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for their eventual scientific careers. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this...

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Sinclair Lewis A Descriptive Bibliography, Second Edition

Pastore Stephen R.

ISBN: HB: 9781589661561, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, August 2009
350 pp., 23x15 cm, 110 halftones

Sinclair Lewis, celebrated author of "Babbitt and Main Street", wrote more than twenty novels in the course of his prolific career, most of which went through several editions over the years. This is the definitive descriptive bibliography of the Lew...

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Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science A Toolkit for Students and Postdocs

Bloomfield Victor A., El-Fakahany Esam E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226060644, ISBN: HB: 9780226060637, University of Chicago Press, May 2008
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 line drawings, 1 table

Embarking upon research as a graduate student or postdoc can be exciting and enriching – the start of a rewarding career. But the world of scientific research is also a competitive one, with grants and good jobs increasingly hard to find".The Chicago...

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Scientific Literature A Guided Tour

Harmon Joseph E., Gross Alan G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316567, University of Chicago Press, May 2007
312 pp., 23x15 cm, 31 halftones, 27 line drawings

The scientific article has been a hallmark of the career of every important western scientist since the seventeenth century. Yet its role in the history of science has not been fully explored. Joseph E. Harmon and Alan G. Gross remedy this oversight...

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Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology

Chandler C. Ray, Wolfe Lorne M., Promislow Daniel E. L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226101309, ISBN: HB: 9780226101293, University of Chicago Press, May 2007
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 halftones, 54 line drawings, 4 tables

"The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology" is an indispensable guide for graduate students and post-docs as they enter that domain red in tooth and claw: the job market. An academic career in the biological sciences typically demands...

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Surprised in Translation

Caws Mary Ann

ISBN: HB: 9780226098739, University of Chicago Press, September 2006
128 pp., 21.9x15 cm, 2 halftones

For Mary Ann Caws – noted translator of surrealist poetry – the most appealing translations are also the oddest; the unexpected, unpredictable, and unmimetic turns that translations take are an endless source of fascination and instruction".Surprised...

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Indexing Books, Second Edition

Mulvany Nancy C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226552767, University of Chicago Press, November 2005
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 line drawings, 3 tables

Since 1994, Nancy Mulvany's "Indexing Books" has been the gold standard for thousands of professional indexers, editors, and authors. This long-awaited second edition, expanded and completely updated, will be equally revered. Like its predecessor,...

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