August 23, 2016

how to write a scientific paper: advice told through a series of tweets

By Laura Albert

It’s almost the end of the summer, which marks the end of writing season in academia. Here is some advice for writing a scientific paper, as told through a series of tweets. What would you add?

how to write a scientific paper? http://t.co/z6nznqbgjE #orms #math #orblog kudos to @felixoneberlin

— Marco Lübbecke (@mluebbecke) November 21, 2014

@lauramclay I like Terry Tao's suggestion of 'rapid prototyping' https://t.co/LPfHsCicRO

— Drew Lewis (@siwelwerd) May 4, 2015

Doing vs Writing https://t.co/ZvSMLfP0m1 pic.twitter.com/T1mBPDFq0y

— PHD Comics (@PHDcomics) July 8, 2016

In college I was annoyed by our writing requirements.
Then: "I'm going to be a scientist. What do I need so much writing for?"
Now: "oh."

— Bashir3000🤔 (@Bashir9ist) August 22, 2013

The goal in technical writing is not to be possible to understand, but to be hard to misunderstand.

— John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) April 20, 2015

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