Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses, Second Edition, U.S. English

This second edition has been revised and updated.

Not intended to be read from cover to cover, this book was

designed instead to be a quick and useful reference for students,

young engineers, and experienced professionals alike.

It provides guidelines, advice, and technical information for

preparing formal documents-covering a range of report formats

(e.g. assessment, laboratory and progress reports).

This concise, no-nonsense guide provides alphabetically ordered

and cross- referenced topics, which make it easy to find answers

to questions related to writing a technical report or thesis.

Topics include: the format and content of reports and theses

copyright and plagiarism
print and Internet reference citation

abbreviations
units and conversion factors
significant figures

mathematical notation and equations
writing styles and conventions

frequently confused words
grammatical errors and punctuation.

It also provides commonsense advice on issues such as

how to get started and how to keep your reader's attention.