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Tools for Writers

Volume 51 number 1 (2023)

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Nancy D. Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the AAVSO; Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ritter Observatory, MS 113, The University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Toledo OH 43606; jaavso.editor@aavso.org

Abstract

Communication of research results is an essential part of science, and publication is an essential part of communication. For readers, students, and historians of science, the sequence of ideas from one paper to the next traces the evolution of scientific thought. Writing helps sharpen one’s scientific reasoning. For all these reasons, writing is an essential skill for a scientist.