6.021/Notes/2006-10-06

Technical Writing

 * Clear simple prose not laden with jargon
 * lab report is very different from research article
 * A lab report (e.g. high school) is a canned experiment written for the teacher who knows the results
 * A research article is written for peers and the results aren't known beforehand
 * This class, you're writing for peers a research article
 * Formulate figures first
 * Start from results
 * What's important about it?
 * 3 bullet points per figure