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Book SynopsisAn essential guide for succeeding in today's competitive environment, this book provides beginning scientists and experienced researchers alike with practical advice on writing about their work and getting published. This new, updated edition guides readers through the processes involved in publishing for scientific journals.Trade Review'The evolution of digital publishing has revolutionized the scientific publishing landscape, which made a new revised edition necessary (the previous one is from 2011). New items are, for example, the ORCID (that is a unique digital identifier distinguishing an author from any other researcher), the archiving of your (published) paper, warnings against predatory journals, digital poster presentations. There is also a new chapter on editing your own work before publishing … The intended readership is obviously the community of students who did not publish before, so the whole process is explained including the selection of a journal, submitting your paper, the refereeing, and how to react to it, and finally the post-refereeing stage of proofreading and publishing. … Also how to write a book review, give an interview, or write a book proposal. And for the really ambitious, how to become a science communicator.' Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical SocietyTable of ContentsPreface; A word to international readers; Acknowledgments; Part I. Some Preliminaries: 1. What is scientific writing?; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. Approaching a writing project; 4. What is a scientific paper?; 5. Ethics in scientific publishing; 6. Where to submit your manuscript; Part II. Preparing the Text: 7. How to prepare the title; 8. How to list the authors and addresses; 9. How to prepare the abstract; 10. How to write the introduction; 11. How to write the materials and methods section; 12. How to write the results; 13. How to write the discussion; 14. How to state the acknowledgments; 15. How to cite the references; Part III. Preparing the Tables and Figures: 16. How to design effective tables; 17. How to prepare effective graphs; 18. How to prepare effective photographs; Part IV. Publishing the Paper: 19. Rights and permissions; 20. How to submit the manuscript; 21. The review process (how to deal with editors); 22. The publishing process (how to deal with proofs) - and after publication; Part V. Doing Other Writing for Publication: 23. How to write a review paper; 24. How to write opinion (letters to the editor, editorials, and book reviews); 25. How to write a book chapter or a book; 26. How to write for the public; Part VI. Conference Communications: 27. How to present a paper orally; 28. How to prepare a poster; 29. How to write a conference report; Part VII. Scientific Style: 30. Use and misuse of English; 31. Avoiding jargon; 32. How and when to use abbreviations; 33. Writing clearly across cultures and media; 34. How to write science in English as a foreign language; Part VIII. Other Topics in Scientific Communication: 35. How to write a thesis; 36. How to prepare a curriculum vitae, cover letter, and personal statement; 37. How to prepare grant proposals and progress reports; 38. How to write a recommendation letter - and how to ask for one; 39. How to work with the media; 40. How to provide peer review; 41. How to edit your own work; 42. How to seek a scientific-communication career; Appendix 1. Selected journal title word abbreviations; Appendix 2. Words and expressions to avoid; Appendix 3. SI (Système International) prefixes and their abbreviations; Appendix 4. Some helpful websites; Glossary; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisA Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.Trade Review"Riveting.... The cultural history fascinates.... Wide-ranging and meticulously detailed, this captures the wonder, beauty, and intrigue of its subject." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review"The Blue Machine is a point of departure, a map for further exploration. Not since reading The Diversity of Life by E.O. Wilson have I read a book as timely, salient, and informative." -- Todd L. Capson - Science"[Czerski’s] profound, sparkling global ocean voyage mingles history and culture, natural history, geography, animals and people." -- Andrew Robinson - Nature"A beautifully written guide to the seas reveals the hidden complexity of their role in moving energy around the Earth.... A brisk tour of the oceans, like a sleek catamaran skipping over the waves. Deftly harnessing the trade winds of history and geography, guiding us through eddies and currents of anecdote, [Czerski] leaves us with an understanding of the complexity of the oceans." -- Tom Whipple - The Times (UK)"A dazzle of stories beautifully told.... Czerski argues throughout that to truly see the miraculous oceans, to understand and to feel our connection to them, is vital and integral to our history and our future. Her outstanding book advances that understanding and honours that connection. Her readers will see the seas anew." -- Horatio Clare - Telegraph (UK)"Lively and engrossing.... Czerski is an exceptionally able guide.... Alongside her vivid portrayal of waters sliding over one another, colliding, mixing and turning into ice or water vapour, she explains how the living beings within the sea also form part of the ‘blue machine’.... [An] excellent and important book." -- David Abulafia - Spectator"A spectacular read." -- Martin Chilton - The Independent (UK)"Czerski’s fascinating new book casts the ocean as an extraordinary giant engine, and helps us grasp its complex physics and its key role in climate change." -- Graham Lawton - New Scientist"Czerski aims to greatly expand and even revolutionise the reader’s understanding of what is going on in seven tenths of the planet that is not covered in land." -- Financial Times"Czerski is a wonderful writer.... a compelling and elegantly written story.... [The] Blue Machine really does change the way you see the world." -- Christopher Hart - Daily Mail"Helen Czerski, urging us to see the ocean as a presence, not an absence, has done a remarkable job of shoehorning an overview of the whole shebang into a single, very readable volume." -- Jon Turney - Arts Desk"I love Helen Czerski’s writing, and this is her richest work yet—as clear as springwater, yet as filled with fascinating things as the ocean itself." -- Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live and Humanly Possible"In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic." -- Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea"Awash with fascinating facts. Helen Czerski writes with authority, passion, and an easy conversational style. You will want to be out there on the ice and ocean with her. I loved it." -- Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth"The Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read. Helen Czerski is a consummate storyteller…In places you’ll drift serenely among corals or dense kelp forests, in others you’ll ride Atlantic breakers or fear for your life in a tropical storm…When you resurface, you will be bursting with enthusiasm and wonder and you’ll understand how the ocean works and more besides." -- Dr. George McGavin, zoologist, entomologist, and broadcaster"A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world. Czerski brings the oceans alive with compelling stories that masterfully navigate this most complex system." -- Gaia Vince, author of Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World"In this captivating and urgently needed book, Helen Czerski weaves a wonderful, watery spell, entwining spectacular science with poetic awe as she expertly guides readers through the workings of a vast, unfamiliar world. Moving and thrilling, The Blue Machine tells us about the seas but also makes us care: an epic love story that captures the ocean’s beating heart." -- Jo Marchant, author of Cure and The Human Cosmos"Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way. Fascinating, funny, and deeply moving. From vast currents and tides to the smallest creatures that inhabit our oceans she reveals the spellbinding wonder of the oceans. From the opening paragraph, I was entranced." -- Professor Alice Roberts"A compelling read for science buffs and ocean enthusiasts." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside.Trade Review"There is much to enjoy about Mary Roach—her infectious aw for quirky science and its nerdy adherents, her one-liners... She is beloved, and justifiably so." -- Jon Ronson - New York Times Book Review"As engrossing as it is gross." -- Entertainment Weekly"Far and away her funniest and most sparkling book, bringing Ms. Roach’s love of weird science to material that could not have more everyday relevance. . . . Never has Ms. Roach’s affinity for the comedic and bizarre been put to better use. . . . “Gulp” is structured as a vastly entertaining pilgrimage down the digestive tract, with Ms. Roach as the wittiest, most valuable tour guide imaginable." -- Janet Maslin - New York Times"A delicious read and, dare I say it, a total gas." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe"With the same eager curiosity that she previously brought to the subjects of cadavers, space, and sex, the author explores the digestive system, from mouth to colon." -- New Yorker"[A] merry foray into the digestive sciences….Inexorably draws the reader along with peristaltic waves of history and vividly described science." -- Brian Switek - Wall Street Journal"You’ll come away from this well-researched book with enough weird digestive trivia to make you the most interesting guest at a certain kind of cocktail party…Go ahead and put this one in your carry-on. You won’t regret it." -- Amy Stewart - Washington Post"A witty, woving romp of a book… Roach…is a thoroughly unflappable, utterly intrepid investigator of the icky." -- Chloe Schama - Smithsonian"Gulp is about revelling in the extraordinary complexities and magnificence of human digestion." -- The Economist"Relentlessly fun to read." -- Bee Wilson - The New Republic"Never before has the process of eating been so very interesting…. After digesting her book, you can’t help but think about what that really means." -- Micki Myers - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"One of my top criteria for pronouncing a book worthwhile is the number of times you snort helplessly with laughter and say, “Wow! Did you know that ... ” before your long-suffering spouse throws a book at you from across the room. My personal spouse says that, in this department, “Gulp” takes the cake." -- Adam Woog - Seattle Times"Letting this brilliantly mischievous writer, for whom no pun is ouch and no cow sacred, dip her pen into the font of all potty humor must have seemed even riskier than her previous excursions into corpses (Stiff), the afterlife (Spook), sex (Bonk) and outer space (Packing for Mars). But dip she did—at one point she put her whole arm into a cow’s belly—and came up with another quirkily informative pop-science entertainment in Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal." -- Jeffrey Burke - Bloomberg"Once again Roach boldly goes where no author has gone before, into the sciences of the taboo, the macabre, the icky, and the just plain weird. And she conveys it all with a perfect touch: warm, lucid, wry, sharing the unavoidable amusement without ever resorting to the cheap or the obvious. Yum!" -- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature"As probing as an endoscopy, Gulp is quintessential Mary Roach: supremely wide-ranging, endlessly curious, always surprising, and, yes, gut-wrenchingly funny." -- Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

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Book SynopsisAn empowering journey into the overstory with the arborists and forest experts safeguarding our iconic trees

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Book SynopsisLonglisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist.Trade Review"Peskin writes...with a grace and humanity that recall Oliver Sacks. [She is] a dazzling stylist and a compassionate observer." -- Annie Murphy Paul - New York Times Book Review"Peskin provides the reader with an acute and evocative demonstration of the fragility and interchangeability of mental, emotional and behavioral states, and shows how they may be affected by the misbehavior of the molecules defining them." -- Adrian Woolfson - Wall Street Journal"Gripping accounts…scaffolded in clear explanations of their causes, and neuroscientific opportunities towards possible cures." -- Harvard Magazine"Sara Manning Peskin is remarkably skillful at breaking down complex neuroscience into easily digestible components and explaining the mysteries of the brain with profound elegance. Rarely has a writer been able to depict the devastating consequences of neurologic illness through such poignant patient stories. Like Oliver Sacks before her, she is sure to inspire a generation of future neurologists, neuroscientists, and students of the brain." -- Orly Avitzur, MD, MBA, president of the American Academy of Neurology"Sara Manning Peskin’s elegant, empathic portrait of the vulnerable brain is both absolutely terrifying and wonderfully optimistic." -- Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind"Readable and well-researched… with added appeal for anyone with a loved one suffering from brain disease. Fascinating popular science." -- Kirkus"Neurologist Peskin debuts with an impressive account of the search for cures for a number of neurologic diseases including dementia and psychosis...There’s much to savor in this powerful survey." -- Publishers Weekly"Captivating and convincing…should bring hope and confidence to general readers as well as general practitioners, and to the millions living with neurodegenerative illness and their families. An exemplary work." -- Library Journal (starred review)

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction1.1. Getting a Grip on the Topic1.2. The Relevant Cases1.3. A Brief History of Ineffability1.4. Four Ways of Predicate Application1.5. Structure of the Book 2. Terminology 2.1. Content 2.2. Representations2.3. Experience2.4. Truth and Truth-Bearers2.5. Expressibility and Ineffability3. Ineffable Properties and Objects3.1. Why Ineffable Properties and Objects? 3.2. The Absolute3.3. Haecceities3.4. Bare Particulars4. Ineffable Propositions 4.1. Why Ineffable Propositions? 4.2. Inaccessibility 4.3. Semantic Paradoxes4.4. Unformulable Mathematical Propositions4.5. Excess Propositions4.6. Perspective Propositions5. Ineffable Content5.1. Why Ineffable Content? 5.2. Non-Conceptual Concept in Perception5.3. The Contents of Aesthetic Experience5.4. The Contents of Religious Experience 6. Ineffable Knowledge I6.1. Why Ineffable Knowledge? 6.2. Objective Ineffable Knowledge6.3. Knowledge-How6.4. Basic Logical Knowledge6.5. Non-Representational Knowledge 7. Ineffable Knowledge II 7.1. Subjective Ineffable Knowledge 7.2. Indexical Knowledge7.3. Phenomenal Knowledge7.4. Self-Acquaintance 8. Conclusion 9. BibliographyTrade Review"A rare combination of first-rate analytical philosophy with a grand metaphysical ambition." - Michael Inwood, University of Oxford, UK "A clear and lucid investigation of a notoriously difficult topic, bringing together an impressive range of contemporary scholarship and probing in places deeper than existing literature." - Edward Kanterian, University of Kent, USA Table of Contents 1. Introduction1.1 Getting a Grip on the Topic1.2 The Relevant Cases1.3 A Brief History of Ineffability1.4 Four Ways of Predicate Application1.5 Structure of the Book2.Terminology2.1 Content2.2 Representations2.3 Experience2.4 Truth and Truth-Bearers2.5 Impressibility and Ineffability3.Ineffable Properties and Objects3.1 Why Ineffable Properties and Objects?3.2 The Absolute3.3 Haecceities3.4 Bare Particulars4.Ineffable Propositions4.1 Why Ineffable Propositions?4.2 Inaccessibility4.3 Semantic Paradoxes4.4 Unformulable Mathematical Propositions4.5 Excess Propositions4.6 Perspective Propositions5.Ineffable Content5.1 Why Ineffable Content?5.2 Non-Conceptual Concept in Perception5.3 The Contents of Aesthetic Experience5.4 The Contents of Religious Experience6.Ineffable Knowledge I6.1 Why Ineffable Knowledge?6.2 Objective Ineffable Knowledge6.3 Knowledge-How6.4 Basic Logical Knowledge6.5 Non-Representational Knowledge7.Ineffable Knowledge II7.1 Subjective Ineffable Knowledge7.2 Indexical Knowledge7.3 Phenomenal Knowledge7.4 Self-Acquaintance8.Conclusion

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