Erratum to: Chapter 1 in: M. Alley, The Craft of Scientific Writing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8288-9_1

In the original version of the book, the year “1996” has to be changed as “1986” in the first sentence of Chapter 1, which is a belated correction. The erratum chapter and the book have been updated with the change.