Tham khảo tài liệu 'scientific writing - a reader and writer's guide - j lebrun (world 2007) episode 4', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 48 Scientific Writing A Reader and Writer s Guide In 1 the present tense indicates that neither the catalyst nor the increased yield is in doubt. It would be incorrect to follow 1 with Slinger et al. showed that the increased yield is not due to the catalyst. But because the Slinger sentence uses the present tense it can follow 2 to showthatthe author agrees with Slinger etal. and disagrees with Tom et al. One sees that the past tense does not have the convincing power of the present tense. The Research Logbook Keeping Track of the Knowledge Gaps Your own research logbooks in book form or online are a gold mine of information if well kept. Such logbooks come in handy when the time comes to write a paper. How do you keep them Are some of their contents highlighted to mark a significant problem or discovery Every discovery is a conceptual leap. Every leap separates you a little more from the reader. Can you afford not to mention that discovery in your paper Will the reader understand your paper fully without it Did you put smiley emoticons in the margin to indicate your joy at having made a breakthrough . are your emotions captured We were curious to find is a better phrase to motivate the reader than the problem was studied. Will you be able to recapture the energy and fun of your research when fingers on the keyboard you type the first lines of your introduction Will you remember these little bubbles of excitement that kept you motivated along the way or is it the case that the project is finished the fun is gone the only thing that stands between you and your next research is that darn paper and you are ready to tell the reader how frustrated you are having to write it In his excellent little book . Is Not Enough Professor Feibel-man gives sound advice Virtually everyone finds that writing the introduction to a paper is the most difficult task. My solution to this problem Bridge the Knowledge Gap 49 is to start thinking about the first paragraph of an .
