Explaining the future : how to research, analyze, and report on engineering technologies /
Sunny Bains
- First Edition
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, c2019
- xiii, 196 pages ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Key questions -- Chapter 2 : Finding answers -- Chapter 3 : Perspectives and agendas -- Chapter 4 : Analyze -- Case study Part I : Research and analysis -- Chapter 5 : Audience and explanation -- Chapter 6 : Technical argument and structure -- Chapter 7 : Credibility -- Case study Part II : Report -- Epilogue.
Guides scientists, engineers and inventors on how to persuade the world that their work will have value, and that they have chosen the right solution for a given problem. Includes key questions to ask, goes through the resources to answer them, and discusses credibility of sources. Also offers a guide to writing technical explanations.