Writing to Learn

Those of us who teach science and other technical subjects have always felt insecure about writing. It’s not that we felt stupid—we knew that we could deal well with ideas and that we understood our discipline. But somehow when it came to putting words on paper it never came out right, and we heard about it,

Clear writing is the logical arrangement of thought; a scientist who thinks clearly can write as well as the best writer.

the essay has nothing in it that doesn’t support the argument