title: The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields
author: Hans F. Ebel
description: "Novices and experienced writers alike will be certain to learnmuch from this book. I can recommend it without reservation."(<i>Clinical Chemistry</i>, April 2005)
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  Visions of the Future: **Chemistry and Life Science** Leadin g you n g scien t
  ist s, m an y h oldin g prest igiou s Royal Societ y Research Fellow sh ips,
  describe t h eir research an d give t h eir vision s of t h e fu t u re. T h e
  art icles, w h ich h ave been re-w rit t en in a popu lar an d w ell-illu st
  rat ed st yle, are derived from sch olarly an d au t h orit at ive papers pu
  blish ed in a special M illen n iu m Issu e of t h e Royal Societ y’s _Ph
  ilosoph ical_ _Tran sact ion s_ (u sed by N ew t on ; t h is is t h e w orld’s
  lon gest -ru n n in g scien -
  
  t ifi c jou rn al). T h e t opics, w h ich w ere carefu lly select ed by t h e
  jou rn al’s edit or, Professor J. M . T. T h om pson FRS, in clu de st u dies
  of at om s an d m olecu les in m ot ion ; n ew processes an d m at erials; n
  at u re’s secret s of biological grow t h an d form ; progress in u n derst an
  din g t h e h u m an body an d m in d.
  
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