Writing for Engineers

JOAN VAN EMDEN is senior consultant for the Jove Centre, which specialises in technical communication, both written and spoken, and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK. She speaks regularly at conferences and has written a number of books on the subject including Presentation Skills for Students with Lucinda Becker.

Preface.- Introduction.- Vocabulary.- Sentences and Punctuation.- Paragraph and Format.- Good Style.- The Presentation of Written Information.- Writing for Publication.- The Presentation of Written Information.- Further Reading.- Words and Phrases Discussed in the Text.- Index.