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Citation Style for 9.01 paper assignments (PDF)

Dr. Marilee Ogren's presentation on scientific writing. Courtesy of Dr. Marilee Ogren. Used with permission. (PDF)

The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing Web site

Perelman, Leslie C., James Paradis, and Edward Barrett. The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing. Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield Pub. Co., 1998. ISBN: 1559346477.

Alley, Michael. The Craft of Scientific Writing. 3rd ed. New York: Springer, 1996. ISBN: 0387947663.

Day, Robert A. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 4th ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1994. ISBN: 0897748646.

Strunk, William, Jr. The Elements of Style. Edited by E. B. White with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on Writing (foreword by Roger Angell). 4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. ISBN: 020530902X.

General Handouts and Readings

Can you see your blind spot? (PDF)

Somatosensory Processing Notes. Courtesy of Professor Chris Moore. Used with permission. (PDF)

Dahm, R. "Dying to See." Sci Am. 291, no. 4 (October, 2004): 82-9.