An eclectic assortment of tools to assist the scientific endeavor
Inspiration
Writing
- 11 Principles (Strunk & White)
- 10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them
- How to write a great journal article – act like a fiction author
- Conservation Bytes: How to write a scientific paper
- The 5 pivotal paragraphs in a (scientific) paper
- Some well-known tricks for clear writing
- The first critic is you: Editing your own work
- Steven Pinker: “you should pretend that you, the writer, see something in the world that’s interesting, and that you’re directing the attention of your reader to that thing.”
- Practical Science Communication Strategies for Graduate Students (paper online)
- Guide to writing abstracts (from Nature)
- Structuring and writing academic papers (from Elsevier)
- Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper
Analytics & Visualization
Communicating Broadly
- From SESYNC: Communications & Broader Engagement Toolkit
- Giving Talks: Boosting the signal in scientific talks @Nature
Getting through graduate school
- A grad school survival guide (Science)
- Grants: “How not to get a DDRI award” (useful in general!)
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