Friday, October 30, 2009

"Science and Technical Writing" an Important Reference

This week a participant asked me about whether I know of the Philip Rubens book, Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style, Second Edition (http://www.amazon.com/Science-Technical-Writing-Manual-Routledge/dp/0415925517/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258839113&sr=1-1). Not only do I know of it, I have used it on many occasions, whenever I’ve wanted Rubens’s take on Global English, audience awareness, technical prose, and specialized terminology. This book is definitely worth a look.

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