Academic Writing for International Students of Science - Jane Bottomley 2015
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Example sentences cited
4.1
Domone and Illston (2010) p. 133, p. 253; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 19, p. 54, p. 121; Open-Learn, Computers and computer systems; Kuno (2012) p. 420; Atkins (2013) p. 17
4.2.2
McCracken and Philips (2012) p. 157
4.2.2.1
McCracken and Philips (2012) p. 165; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 515
4.2.2.2
OpenLearn, Addiction and neural aging; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 528; McCracken and Philips (2012) p.167; Atkins (2013) p. 6; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 444
4.2.3.1
Howard et al. (2012); OpenLearn, Addiction and neural aging; Okasha (2002) p. 77; Atkins (2013) p. 2; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 699
4.2.3.2
Domone and Illston (2010) p. 189; Fgrup; Atkins (2013) p. 12; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 108; Housecroft et al. (2010) p. 590
4.2.3.2
Atkins (2013) p. 33, p. 39; Howard et al.; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 407; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 195
4.2.4
Howard et al.; Yamashita et al. (2002) p. 86; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 516, p. 546; Strelkauskas et al. (2010) p. 11; Biber et al. (1999) p. 618
5.2
Dawkins (2008) p. 363, p. 88, p. 41, p. 34, p. 60; McCracken and Philips (2012) p. 232, p. 108; OpenLearn, Evolution by natural selection; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 487, p. 414; OpenLearn, Calculus of variation and advanced calculus; OpenLearn, Computers and computer systems; Physicsis.com; Yamashita et al. (2002) p. 91
5.3
OpenLearn, Studying mammals: Return to water; Oxford Dictionary of Science (2005) p. 127, p. 805, p. 145—146
8.4
OpenLearn, Studying mammals: A winning design; Domone and Illston (2010) p. 175; Kuno (2012) p. 2
9.2
Yamishita et al., (2002) p. 84; Smith (2013) p. 162; Oxford Dictionary of Science (2005) p. 648; Atkins (2013) p. 17; Smolin, in Dawkins (2009) p. 363; Davies (2006) p. 287
9.4
Domone and Illston (2010) p. 63, p. 45; Housecroft and Constable (2010) p. 43.
9.7
Domone and Illston (2010) p. 312, p. 247; McCracken and Philips (2012) p. ; Weissenbock et al. (2010) p. 183.
Appendix 2
McCracken and Philips (2012) p. 232, p. 137; Physicsis.com