Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the second edition -- 1 Writing in the sciences -- 2 Writing at university -- 3 Scientific style -- 4 Sentence structure 1 -- 5 Sentence structure 2 -- 6 Paragraph development: Achieving flow -- 7 Referring to sources -- 8 Writing coherent texts and arguments -- 9 Academic and scientific conventions -- Appendix 1: verb forms and patterns -- Appendix 2: noun phrases -- Appendix 3: common areas of difficulty in grammar and punctuation -- Appendix 4: model texts -- Answer key -- Index
