Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals
暫譯: 技術寫作：工程師、科學家及非技術專業人士的實用指南
Laplante, Phillip A., Laplante, Chris
商品描述
Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Written by experienced practicing engineers, this guide complements traditional technical writing manuals through the presentation of firsthand examples that help readers understand practical considerations in writing and producing technical content. These examples illustrate how a publication originates as well as explain various challenges and solutions.
The third edition features the following:
- New and updated exercises, examples, and case studies
- New content on software/systems documentation
- Treatment of plagiarism to incorporate issues in generative artificial intelligence (AI), open-access archiving, and more
- Coverage of popular writing and collaboration tools such as Grammarly, Overleaf, and Google Docs
- Increased conversation of writing for non-native English speakers
- Latest standards and research
Written in an informal, conversational style, unlike traditional writing texts, this book contains many interesting vignettes and personal stories to add interest to otherwise stodgy lessons. It is aimed at students and professionals in the science and engineering domains.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
技術寫作：工程師、科學家及非技術專業人士的實用指南使讀者能夠撰寫、編輯和出版技術性材料，包括書籍、文章、報告和電子媒體。這本指南由經驗豐富的實務工程師撰寫，通過提供第一手的範例來補充傳統的技術寫作手冊，幫助讀者理解撰寫和製作技術內容的實際考量。這些範例說明了出版物的起源，並解釋了各種挑戰和解決方案。
第三版的特色包括：
- 全新和更新的練習、範例和案例研究
- 有關軟體/系統文檔的新內容
- 對抄襲的處理，納入生成式人工智慧（AI）、開放存取檔案等問題
- 涵蓋流行的寫作和協作工具，如 Grammarly、Overleaf 和 Google Docs
- 增加針對非母語英語使用者的寫作討論
- 最新的標準和研究
這本書以非正式、對話式的風格撰寫，與傳統的寫作教材不同，包含許多有趣的短篇故事和個人經歷，以增加原本枯燥課程的趣味性。它的目標讀者是科學和工程領域的學生及專業人士。
作者簡介
Phillip A. Laplante, Professor Emeritus of Software and Systems Engineering (Penn State), is internationally renowned for his research, teaching, and service in areas such as artificial intelligence, critical infrastructure systems, image processing, and real-time systems. Phil has more than 40 years of experience as a senior technology leader in development, research, teaching, and administrative roles. He has worked in industry, academia, and government, where he wrote thousands of business communications and technical reports. His publications include 40 books and more than 350 papers in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, and newsletters. He is the founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Reliability Magazine and the editor-in-chief of three Taylor & Francis book series, and he has served on dozens of editorial boards for other scholarly publications. His work includes definitive texts in requirements engineering, real-time systems, and technical writing. These and many of his other books are used in universities around the world. His recent book Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems, with Chris Laplante, was written for use in homeschooling. Phil earned a PhD in computer science, an MEng in electrical engineering, and a BS in systems planning and management, all at Stevens Institute of Technology. He also earned an MBA at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is available for speaking, teaching, and consulting.
Chris Laplante was introduced to the BASIC programming language at a very young age by his father, Phil. He quickly became fascinated by programming and computers in general. He is currently a software engineer at Agilent Technologies, where he works on embedded Linux systems for gas chromatographs and automated liquid samplers. He is the coauthor of the book Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems, with Phil Laplante, and an active contributor to various electronic media sites. He earned a BS in computer science with a minor in mathematics at Penn State.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
菲利普·A·拉普蘭特（Phillip A. Laplante），賓州州立大學（Penn State）軟體與系統工程名譽教授，因其在人工智慧、關鍵基礎設施系統、影像處理及即時系統等領域的研究、教學及服務而享有國際聲譽。菲利普擁有超過40年的經驗，擔任過開發、研究、教學及行政職位的高級技術領導者。他曾在產業、學術界及政府工作，撰寫了數千份商業通訊及技術報告。他的出版物包括40本書籍及超過350篇學術期刊、雜誌、會議及通訊的論文。他是IEEE Reliability Magazine的創始主編，並擔任三個泰勒與法蘭西斯（Taylor & Francis）書系的主編，還曾在其他學術出版物的數十個編輯委員會中任職。他的著作包括需求工程、即時系統及技術寫作的權威文本。這些及他其他許多書籍在全球的各大學中被廣泛使用。他最近與克里斯·拉普蘭特（Chris Laplante）合著的書籍Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems，是為了用於家庭教育而撰寫的。菲利普在史蒂文斯科技學院（Stevens Institute of Technology）獲得計算機科學博士學位、電機工程碩士學位及系統規劃與管理學士學位，並在科羅拉多大學科羅拉多斯普林斯分校（University of Colorado at Colorado Springs）獲得MBA學位。他可提供演講、教學及顧問服務。
克里斯·拉普蘭特（Chris Laplante）在年幼時便由父親菲利普介紹了BASIC程式語言，並迅速對程式設計及計算機產生了濃厚的興趣。他目前是安捷倫科技（Agilent Technologies）的軟體工程師，專注於氣相色譜儀及自動液體取樣器的嵌入式Linux系統。他是與菲利普·拉普蘭特合著的書籍Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems的共同作者，並積極參與各種電子媒體網站的貢獻。他在賓州州立大學獲得計算機科學學士學位，並輔修數學。
