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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, very interesting story about human cell research, the woman whose cells made it possible, and her daughter. It is a compelling true story and describing it makes me want to read it again! And I second (or third) the Mary Roach books; they are sometimes LOL funny.
I highly recommend the book <em>Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers</em> by Mary Roach. Really interesting look into the all the interesting stuff that can happen to your body after death - from typical mortuary stuff like this to organ donation to scientific research.
It's a really good read.
>The Immortal Life of Hennrietta
Based on the book by the same name by Rebecca Skloot
https://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Life-Henrietta-Lacks/dp/1400052181
I just recently read "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" and among other things covers just this. Good book, would recommend.
I'm surprised this comment isn't higher. Funerals are extremely expensive and it seems like such a useless expense. I get it that it's for the surviving family, not for the deceased, but up to $10,000 to get together around a casket and say goodbye?
I'm originally from a country where the cost of cremation are very, very affordable (and subsidized by the government because everyone's poor and there has to be a way to handle remains that doesn't involve poor people scrambling to find a nonexistent place in a cemetery). The first time someone explained the cost of US funeral I nearly choked on my coffee.
Even that bare-bones cremation, directly through a crematory is about $1000 plus oftentimes transportation costs. It's not high enough to require insurance, but also maybe not enough for family to cover easily without going into debt.
I have a list of local universities that accept bodies as anatomical gifts for when I kick the bucket and after reading Mary Roach's Stiff about all the things that can be done with cadavers, I've made it clear to my whole family that they should do their best to donate my remains to the military for a blast tests.
I recommend both! For Stiff, I advise getting the audiobook version. It's very well done. The book itself is not any more graphic than it needs to be and is respectful (although I did take issue with the author's apparent negative view of cosmetic surgery in an early chapter.) I found the whole thing fascinating. I was actually most fascinated though when she got to the chapter about the possibility of human head transplants. Here's the page on Amazon.
As for A Dog's Purpose, I messed up and accidentally failed to notice there was an Audible version until literally just now, so I can't attest to the quality of the reading. But the book itself (as stated, I'm only half way through) is really good. Here it is.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. A poor black tobacco farmer to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, because without her we wouldn't have half the cures to diseases we have today - including the polio vaccine.
Might be a bit dated now, but The Elements of Style by Strunk & White was one of the first books I read on writing.
Even if some of their examples or philosophies are dated, it's a really good foundational book. Having that base can save even the most boring or uninspired stories. Good writing can exist independently of a good idea (unfortunately).
If you want to learn to write well in English, this book taught me more than anything else.
In a similar vein, if you want a really good book on the topic, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Incredibly fascinating, thoughtful, and well-researched.
I thoroughly implore everyone to read <em>The Elements of Style</em> by Strunk and White. When writing, it's your best friend. If it were up to me it'd be handed out to every single NCO during BLC.
Here is an excerpt on the word irregardless:
>Irregardless. Should be regardless. The error results from failure to see the negative in -less and from a desire to get it in as a prefix, suggested by such words as irregular, irresponsible, and, perhaps especially, irrespective.
I do somewhat agree with you to a point. Understand that being able to write is a necessary skill for communication though. While commenting on someone's grammar in this setting is rather pointless as most people can figure it out, if you or someone you know has issues with writing there is a great book for it and it's only $5 from amazon. Probably less at your used book store.
I would recommend Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.
It's pretty much the definitive work on writing clearly and precisely.
My molecular biology lab in 2013 had us buy this book
At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator, Updated Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0879697083/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IRZpFbQ8N2XZE
It has diagrams and a lot of helpful stuff for this :)
I'm sorry your first job ended up like this. Things like this early in your career can really shake you for awhile, so I urge you to be gentle with yourself. There's no justifiable reason for speaking to you like you say she did. Yes, micropipetting is key, but just doing a few exercises isn't going to teach you muscle memory for it. That just takes time.
Since it sounds like you don't have as much bench experience as you'd like, I recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/At-Bench-Laboratory-Navigator-Updated/dp/0879697083/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=at+the+bench&qid=1596046269&sr=8-2
It really helped me with some of my molecular work and how to operate in a wet lab.
I could do a lot of research for you and put it here, but I think it would be more beneficial for you to read a book called The Elements of Style, written by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. It's considered a great, if not the best, writing book out there, focusing a lot on style. I found a condensed version of the book as a PDF online for you. You can print it out and mark it up, or you can go online and buy the book there for a more comprehensive version. I'll put the link to the PDF and the Amazon purchase link for the 4th Edition if you want to do that too.
After you read that, don't stick to just that--you can branch out to other books. I haven't read much of Bird by Bird or Stephen King's On Writing, but I know there's some value in those books, or as I've heard from other writers. I've got other recommendations too if you'd like them.
Anyway, here's those links for you. Hopefully, I've been helpful.
There's three things I can recommend to help you improve your writing:
1) Get yourself a copy of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style. It's old, it's boring, but it's also been the gold standard of writing aids for decades, and for good reason. It's also like five bucks, so why not?
2) Read things. If you can, read worthwhile things. Get yourself a subscription to The Wall Street Journal or something. They offer student deals in a lot of places, and their articles are normally pretty top tier. But honestly even if you can't grind through that (I couldn't at 16) just read good writing. Fiction, nonfiction, who cares? If you read enough good writing, you'll start to pick up some of the strategies good writers use by pure osmosis.
3) This one is very important. WRITE things. Then edit them. Then edit them again. Annnnd another time for good measure. Then have someone you trust (maybe your English teacher?) edit them. Writing is like any other skill. The more you do it, the better you get.
And yeah, feel free to PM me if you have more questions, but honestly the best advice I can give you besides what I already wrote in the first post is: enjoy your life. Planning for the future is great and you definitely should think about it, but don't forget to stop and have fun sometimes. School (including undergrad) is honestly half about academics and half about learning how to interact with people. Later on they'll call that networking.
Strunk & White. Very short, very clear, the only grammar/composition book you'll ever need. Can't recommend it enough.
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X
Chicago Manual of Style or Strunk & White, please
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X
The Elements of Style by Strunk & White is often recommended as the de facto grammar book, but I've never read it (though I think I own a copy somewhere) so I don't know how good those recommendations are.
I would recommend the Associated Press Stylebook as, in my experience, that seems to be the most commonly required knowledge clients expect you to know. There are often free guides available on college and university websites and elsewhere, though I'm not sure if those are published with permission or infringing any copyrights.
Other than that, I think the best resources to learn how to write well are really dependent on how you learn.
I personally excel at learning via immersion, so reading a lot and practicing writing usually has the most significant impact on the quality of my writing. (There's a marked difference in how well I write when I'm reading a lot vs. how well I write when I haven't read much in awhile.)
I think that writers who are unfamiliar with English conventions or who didn't grow up with English as their primary language could do well from immersing themselves in the type of writing they hope to emulate, i.e. if you're writing for American consumers, read the same type of content they'd be reading to try and discern what's common among each piece you read, how to craft contextual and relevant analogies and metaphors, how to alternate cadence, when proper grammar conventions are necessary and when you can get away with breaking those rules, etc.
I also think that this might be one of the rare occasions where it's worth looking into a course or tutoring to bring you more up to speed with the knowledge you lack. Maybe getting your hands on some middle or high school English textbooks could be beneficial too, especially since most online content aims to be written at a 7th-9th-grade level.
No, though you do generally have to be associated with something where cadavers are necessary or commonly used. Medicine is a biggie (including things like plastic surgery, where you might just get a head to work on), but also going into undertaking or criminal forensics. And don't forget there is an entire industry built on how corpses get cut up and disseminated for research. There's a pretty great book on the whole thing:
https://www.amazon.com/Stiff-Curious-Lives-Human-Cadavers/dp/0393324826
A little outdated at this point, but still very good on the basics.
This is a really helpful guide to writing academic papers:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Lot-Practical-Productive/dp/1591477433.
Generally speaking, you write your results and methods first. I usually wrote the discussion of the results and then the intro. Finally write the abstract. Use a reference editor like Endnote or Mendeley or Zotero to keep track of your references. You should have general idea of what articles support your research because this formed the basis of your paper, then find articles that support or don't support your findings and other articles that might help explain.
I haven’t heard of this particular case, but I know people in the industry and while there certainly have been some bad eggs, the reputable companies allow you to put some boundaries on how your donation will be used. It’s 100% true that if you don’t specify your donations could be used for military research. If you’re interested in the fascinating ways cadavers are used in a variety of research I suggest checking out Stiff, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. She’s a very entertaining and funny author who researches unusual science research. The military specific cadaver work is also mentioned in her book Grunt, which is all about military research.
Your take is almost perfect! One small change: "This is a sentence (with some more stuff), and it ends right here (with more punctuation)." Periods and commas go outside of the parentheses for phrases, but the 'terminal punctuation mark' (i.e., final punctuation mark in a sentence) is used within parentheses for complete sentences. Example: "This is a sentence. (There's some more stuff, too.)"
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If you haven't yet, I highly recommend checking out Strunk & White's writer's guide on English grammar and usage. It's one of the most well-known writing guides in the language and has been a huge help to me throughout my academic and professional careers: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X
Also, props to making it as a content writer in a non-native language. That's very impressive.
I assumed it is a cat.
No need for "that" as it serves no purpose.
There is a handy little genius of a book called Elements of Style by Strunk and White. 99 cents on Kindle.
Keep it simple. Less is more. Think of your reader. Your writing should be a transparent window through which your reader sees your content. Wordiness fogs up that window.
Maybe have a read of this!
personally i think as long as its good salt and not " government salt" its almost impossible to get top much salt, well assuming you get enough potassium.
sorry to be disagreeable but they hang an IV if saline solution at the hospital almost first thing for a reason, the world salary comes from salt because its how roman soldiers were paid, and through much of history salt was more valuable than gold.
https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating-ebook/dp/B01GBAJR9C/
its similar to how people have been made terrified of the sun, despite every cancer except skin , heart disease and diabetes all going down the closer you get to the equator.
get the book free , if interested, at book4you.org or ebook-hunter.org
if people worry about high BP, get your magnesium and potassium up , it will always come down
For anyone wanting more information on body donation, I would recommend the book:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"For two thousand years, cadavers – some willingly, some unwittingly – have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They’ve tested France’s first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender confirmation surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. “Delightful—though never disrespectful” (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die??
My opinion?
- You say you're "prefacing" with a definition of Plain English, yet you provide no definition and preface nothing.
- Your "vomiting a thesaurus" metaphor is understandable without you also explaining that a thesaurus contains synonyms or mentioning multiple paragraphs.
- The aside "in all facets of life" adds nothing to your meaning.
- You say that the smartest people can make their points concisely, and then go on to say what the opposite of "concisely" is.
This is editing. If this post is any evidence, you're a middling writer at best, criticism I only offer since you went out of your way to bash others here. You'd do well to read this book, particularly rule 16. It is the most important.