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A Field Guide for
Science Writers,
Second Edition
Deborah Blum
Mary Knudson
Robin Marantz Henig,
Editors
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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A Field Guide for
Science Writers
SECOND EDITION
EDITED BY
Deborah Blum
Mary Knudson
Robin Marantz Henig
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2006
3
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A Field guide for science writers : the official guide of the National Association of Science
Writers / edited by Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson, Robin Marantz Henig.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13 978-0-19-517498-4; 978-0-19-517499-1 (pbk.)
ISBN 0-19-517498-4; 0-19-517499-2 (pbk.)
1. Technical writing—Handbooks, manual, etc. I. Blum, Deborah. II. Knudson, Mary.
III. Henig, Robin Marantz.
2005
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Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
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timothy ferris
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