Joshua Schimel, "Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded" (Oxford UP, 2011)
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What Is the Challenge in Writing a Paper?
The challenge is another fascinating point, and it's also the operative moment in a paper for just what we're talking about. We've talked about the opening. We' talked about the funnel. The question came first in terms of, how do i think nature works? How do i think this works? What is it that i really want to learn? And whether or not you then frame a formalized hypothesis or not, is is less important. But everybody, you have to have the question. From that you then say, well, here's how i am going to answer. I may have a specific hypothesis i will test. There are certain methods and measurements that i will do that now
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