Engineering Writing by Design: Creating Formal Documents of Lasting Value, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780367347543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 243 str.

Edward J. Rothwell; Michael J. Cloud

Opis

Demonstrates how effective writing can be achieved through engineering-based thinking. Based on the authors’ combined experience as engineering educators, the book presents a novel approach to technical writing, positioning formal writing tasks as engineering design problems with requirements, constraints, protocols, standards, and customers.

Spis treści

Preface Authors To the Reader 1 Introduction 1.1 Why Bother? 1.2 Think, Then Write, Like an Engineer 1.3 Quick Review of Some Design Concepts 1.4 Chapter Recap 1.5 Exercises 2 Clearly Understand the Goal 2.1 What Is the Goal? 2.2 How the Information Resides in Your Mind 2.3 Your Audience 2.4 Other Aspects of Situational Awareness 2.5 If Persuasion Is Part of the Picture 2.6 Chapter Recap 2.7 Exercises 3 Mindset for Technical Writing 3.1 See Rules as Helpful Tools 3.2 Think Clearly Before Starting to Write 3.3 Again, Keep Your Reader in View! 3.4 Getting Started with a Mind Map 3.5 Chapter Recap 3.6 Exercises 4 Avoid the Worst Thinking Traps4.1 Why do We Fall into Thinking Traps? 4.2 Heuristics 4.3 Cognitive Biases 4.4 Informal Fallacies 4.5 Formal logic 4.6 Some Considerations When Making Arguments 4.7 Simple Checks on Correctness 4.8 Chapter Recap 4.9 Exercises 5 Some Points of Grammar and Style 5.1 Rules and Suggestions 5.2 Chapter Recap 5.3 Exercises 6 Keep Your Reader in Mind6.1 More Rules and Suggestions6.2 Chapter Recap6.3 Exercises7 Write Your Math Well 7.1 What's Wrong with My Math? 7.2 Getting Started 7.3 Writing Math Well 7.4 The Value of Abstraction 7.5 Chapter Recap7.6 Exercises8 Ethical Considerations in Engineering Writing 8.1 Your Duties to the Reader 8.2 Personal Issues8.3 Dealing with Data8.4 Ethical Concerns in Publishing8.5 Plagiarism 8.6 Ethics of Persuasion8.7 Chapter Recap8.8 ExercisesFurther Reading Quick Reference Index