Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0683402064, Hardcover)

The latest edition features an expanded chapter on legal and ethical c oncerns in publishing. Readers will also find an extensive chapter on statistics, a completely updated chapter on nomenclature, new policies for eponyms and numbers styles, a larger references section, an expan ded discussion of inclusive language and abbreviations, and a larger s ection on figures and tables. A new section on typography is also feat ured, along with current information on electronic publishing, encompa ssing rapid changes affecting the publishing environment. End-of-chapt er references make the book easier to use, and the entire text is revi ewed by more than 70 editors for accuracy and dependability.