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18110125 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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171213s2014 flu 001 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014013182 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781482234312 (paperback : acid-free paper) |
| Terms of availability |
GBP35.99 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Modifying agency |
SFPAGOH |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
kpm T11 |
| Item number |
.R848 2014 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rothwell, Edward J. |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Engineering writing by design : |
| Remainder of title |
creating formal documents of lasting value / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Edward J. Rothwell, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, Michael J. Cloud, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Boca Raton : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 187 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Preface In Walden, Henry Thoreau asserts that "Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written." Given the serious and highly technical nature of formal engineering writing, any reader of such writing would be wise to follow Thoreau's advice. The purpose of the present book, however, is to speak to the engineering writer. Our basic premise is that engineering material should be written as deliberately and carefully as it will be read. Engineers are smart people and their work is important. Their writing should not be inaccurate, vague, ambiguous, or otherwise opaque. To a great extent, modern engineering is an extension of science and mathematics and is therefore amenable to clear and logical exposition. Some aspects of engineering remain more art than science, to be sure. We would argue, however, that in such cases it is especially important for engineers to write precisely, as readers will be in less of a position to close expository gaps through deductive reasoning. In other words, clear description is just as important in technical writing as clear argumentation. Technical subjects can make for difficult reading as it is. A reader should not have to go over a passage again and again, finally being forced to guess whether the writer was attempting to motivate a viewpoint, describe something that already exists, describe something that could conceivably exist, draw a conclusion from known facts, persuade, or something else. Yet, a writer who approaches the writing task carelessly, by simply accumulating a pile of words and equations, may produce just that sort of confusion"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technical writing. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General). |
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bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical. |
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bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical. |
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bisacsh |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cloud, Michael J. |
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13-12-17 |
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eng |
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