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The Handbook of Technical Writing uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify technical writing today. Hundreds of topic entries, 90+ sample documents, at-a-glance checklists, and dynamic videos break down the best-practices, models, and real-world skills that successful writers use to clearly and persuasively communicate technical information and data.

Geared specifically to the needs of engineering and science practitioners and students, this book is also appropriate for those technical or business writing. It also provides tools and examples.

The purpose of this book is to provide engineering and science students with straightforward, practical solutions that will be easy and painless to use for meeting a wide range of technical writing challenges, whether in the classroom or the workplace.

This handy guide from the best-selling author team of "The Art of Scientific Writing" shows how to achieve maximum benefit with relatively little effort. Based on a proven concept that assumes no special talent for writing, the book will be of great value to both native and non-native speakers of English.

Today's workplace requires writing emails, memos, letters, and informal reports, as well as more complex communications such as formal reports, proposals, web pages, and presentations. Technical Communication,15th Edition, guides students to write persuasively, effectively, and with perspective on technological innovations and global communications.