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Writing in the Sciences

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing, ethical issues in scientific publication, and writing for general audiences.
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Rating 4.8 based on 648 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 8 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
Starts Jun 19 (45 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Stanford University via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Kristin Sainani
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Language English
Subjects Science
Tags Life Sciences Medicine And Healthcare Personal Development Basic Science

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highly recommended

Highly recommended.

Highly recommended for beginners and even professional writers/editors.

really highly recommended .

An excellent course, Highly recommended very good course and i enjoyed it alot <3 Totally worth-attending.

Highly recommended to whoever is interested in biomedical research.

Highly recommended!!!

Highly recommended!

Highly recommended course Very well done.

Highly recommended for whom want to improve their way of writing.

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easy to understand

The materials were clear and easy to understand.

Her teaching style and explanations are easy to understand.

It is a well explained, easy to understand, helpful course for beginners.

It was very easy to understand.

Main contents and given examples are clear and easy to understand for beginners.

Very useful , efficient , easy to understand and with nice presentations .

I highly recommend this course for academics and grad students i managed to learn a lot from this course for writing So far so easy to understand and follow.

Awesome course in an easy to understand vocabulary.

The most important thing I learnt from this course is that scientific writing is not always meant to be too hard to understand, we can make our writing very simple and easy to understand.

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dr. kristin sainani for

Thank you Stanford University and specially Dr. Kristin Sainani for being an amazing teacher.Thanks to Coursera for bringing this course.

Has a very good coverage of topics Thanks Dr. Kristin Sainani for this amazing course and providing an in-depth account of effective and engaging scientific writing!

Thank you so much Dr. Kristin Sainani for your excellent explanation and advice.

Thanks to Dr. Kristin Sainani for putting up this wonderful course.

Thank you so much to Stanford University, especially Dr. Kristin Sainani for making the effort and drive this course for world wide scientific population.

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letters of recommendation

This course provides in-depth discussion of every aspect of scientific writing imaginable -- from grammar basics to writing grants, preparing a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal, and writing letters of recommendation, this course has it all.

A very nice overview of writing for the sciences -- everything from journal articles, peer reviews, letters of recommendation, to news items and press releases.

It goes even beyond, covering particular types of written pieces like review papers, grants, letters of recommendation, and personal essays.

Writing letters of recommendation was useful to include.

excellent material ...excellent teaching Amazing course for rookies and experts on writing proper research papers, but also all kinds of other writings, such as Letters of Recommendation, Personal Statement, reviewing articles etc.

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I will highly recommend it!!

I highly recommend it!!

Excellent course - I highly recommend it!

I highly recommend it, especially for biological students.

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stanford university

Thanks Coursera and Stanford University for this great learning.

Congratulations to the instructor Dr. Kristin Sainani, Stanford University and Coursera for making this quality available.

Grear job by Stanford University specially Dr. Kristin Sainani.

Thank you to Professor Sainani, to Stanford University and to Coursera.

Thanks to Stanford University and Coursera for making this free.

It is a very useful course and highly recommended to any want to start in medical writing.Thank you so much Stanford university.

Thank you Stanford University for allowing me to take this course thousands of miles away.

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will help

It also taught me a lot of principles that will help me for my thesis writing.

It corrected some of my misconceptions regarding scientific writing and hopefully will help me in becoming a better writer.

This course will help me not only in my scientific writing, but for all my communications.

I think this course will help me in writ Don't be fooled by the course being classified as a beginner level course.

Learned so much that will help me be a better writer and editor, not only in the sciences, but in other areas.

This course will help me when i'm writing my thesis, thanks.

The tools and guidance from this course will help my writing.

The information in this course will help me with my writing and editing skills.

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improve their

Would highly recommend for anyone looking to improve their overall writing ability.

Particularly for those who are struggling to improve their academic writing.

Fully recommended to anyone planning to improve their scientific writing skills!

And while that is likely partially true, I then had to help a friend improve their letter of intent for school.

I recommend this to undergraduate/graduate students seeking to improve their writing.

This course can make any writer improve their writing.

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social media

I just loved all the knowledge she could pass on throughout the course.I loved the fact that she taught not only scientific writing, but also writing an essay, reviewing articles - all of which is important in scientific career.I also loved the presentation about Tweeting and Social Media.

I would also avoid the last module about social media, I found it boring and empty.Overall my experience was definitely positive and I would highly recommend this course to other scientists.

For social media in particular, I expected to learn how to write punchy yet accurate social media posts (since this course is about writing).

Instead, the video was more of an introduction to "what is social media".The certificate provided by Stanford Online has some layout issues, I hope this can be fixed soon.Overall I recommend this course for beginner writers, it is very useful!

I do recommend updating the social media section (5.6, I believe).

twitter's character count) and one MAJOR issue wasn't addressed: social media blow back.

Wow, this is really an awesome course designed for all types of writing, focusing on academic papers, but also spread to social media.

It also needs a little updating, especially because social media has become so pervasive muy buen curso, muy útil Amazing course!

I found quite interesting that it involves the different scenarios : a scientific manuscript, a book for general audience, social media and networks.

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professor sainani

Professor Sainani does a great job highlighting the most important parts of writing for the sciences.

Thanks you very much, Professor Sainani !

Professor Sainani is a very enthusiastic and clear instructor, and you can feel her positive energy and attitude towards teaching through the screen.

I would definitely appreciate a statistics or any other course professor Sainani offered in this platform.

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ever taken

This is one of the few courses I have ever taken where other people noticed a marked difference in my skillset.

This is definitely one of the best course I've ever taken Thanks!!!!

I mean, teaching these things is so valuable, but no professor I have had since high school has ever taken the time to teach this simple concepts with examples as well, such as cutting the clutter, using more verbs, using the active voice instead of the passive voice, etc.

very god Writing in the Sciences is the best writing course I've ever taken.

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other people

It includes lots of training (writing and reviewing other people's writing), so it's very engaging.

not only on articles but also grants and personal essays, very good interviews with chief editors and other people.

I completed the work in 2 weeks, then had to wait for other people to catch up so I could leave feedback.

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Rating 4.8 based on 648 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 8 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
Starts Jun 19 (45 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Stanford University via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Kristin Sainani
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Science
Tags Life Sciences Medicine And Healthcare Personal Development Basic Science

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