Allresearchersneedtowriteorspeakabouttheirwork,andtohaveresearchthatisworthpresenting.Basedontheauthor'sdecadesofexperienceasaresearcherandadvisor,thisthirdeditionprovidesdetailedguidanceonwritingandpresentationsandacomprehensiveintroductiontoresearchmethods,thehow-toofbeingasuccessfulscientist.Topicsinclude:·Developmentofideasintoresearchquestions;·Howtofind,read,evaluateandrefereeotherresearch;·Designandevaluationofexperimentsandappropriateuseofstatistics;·Ethics,theprinciplesofscienceandexamplesofsciencegonewrong.Muchofthebookisastep-by-stepguidetoeffectivecommunication,withadviceon:·Writingstyleandediting;·Figures,graphsandtables;·Mathematicsandalgorithms;·Literaturereviewsandreferees’reports;·Structuringofargumentsandresultsintopapersandtheses;·Writingofotherprofessionaldocuments;·Presentationoftalksandposters.Writteninanaccessiblestyleandincludinghandychecklistsandexercises,WritingforComputerScienceisnotonlyanintroductiontothedoinganddescribingofresearch,butisavaluablereferenceforworkingscientistsinthecomputingandmathematicalsciences.
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