De-Jargonize Your Scientific Writing

In this video, I’m going to talk about how to make your scientific writing easier to read.

00:00 Intro
00:47 Plain Geology essay
01:46 More examples
02:20 Noun phrases and acronyms
03:45 Flesch Reading Ease
05:48 Conclusion

Essay cited in the video:

Plain Geology by George Otis Smith: https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/plain.html

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