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Many people underestimate how difficult scientific writing is. One aspect that makes scientific writing difficult is the inherent complexity of the subject matter. Some subjects such as eddies in a turbulent flow are complex because they are so random. Other subjects such as the double helix structure of DNA are complex because they are so intricate. Still other subjects such as the quantum orbits of electrons are complex because they are so abstract.
But in science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
—Sir Francis Darwin
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Alley, M. (1996). Introduction: Deciding Where to Begin. In: The Craft of Scientific Writing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2482-0_1
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