Better writing

If I had more time, I’d write a shorter letter — Jefferson.

Written Resources on Academic Writing

• Websites on scientific writing
  1. https://irregardless.ly/style_guides/13?name=popular&collection_id=13
  2. Physics Today advice
  3. UC Davis Scientific writing
• Papers on scientific writing
  1. Kip Thorne writing tips
  2. Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper
  3. Ten simple rules for structuring papers
  4. How to write a first-class paper
  5. Mermin papers:
     1. What’s wrong with this prose?
     2. What’s wrong with these equations?
• An interactive guideline for inclusive writing from the American Chemical Society

Videos on Scientific Writing

Helen Sword invented the concept of zombie nouns, here is a talk by her on stylish academic writing:

Here is a talk by S. Pinker summarizing the book, of the same name:

And a second talk by Pinker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE-TTz13P7w

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