Scientific writing revolution

Well, I always wanted to write a story in the form of a scientific paper, but this is way better.

How to write a scientific paper

17 January 2007

by Gregory Benford

A tongue-in-cheek guide to turning scientific jargon into a riveting read.

By Bea Realist
Department of Arcane Abstrusities, University of California, Irvine

References
1. 'Professorial Pathology' by E. U. Rieka, A. B. Surd and I. M. Pedant, Journ. Academic Backstabbing Vol 3, 1980.
2. Explaining Asimov (Twelve Volumes) by The National Academy of Sciences, 1981.

Abstract
A new formulation of the traditional academic paper is considered. The way scholars really read scientific papers is discussed. This paper itself is written in the new method herein proposed. Studies among the author's friends indicate that reading time for most scientific literature can be reduced three-fold by use of this method. For some papers, reading time approaches zero.

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