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Given the inherent complexity of most scientific documents, the beginning has the steep challenge of orienting the audience.
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Alley, M. (2018). Beginning with the Familiar. In: The Craft of Scientific Writing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8288-9_6
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