Science and Technical Writing

A Manual of Style

With this new edition, Science and Technical Writing confirms its position as the definitive style resource for thousands of established and aspiring technical writers. Editor Philip Rubens has fully revised and updated his popular 1992 edition, with full, authoritative coverage of the techniques and technologies that have revolutionized electronic communications over the past eight years.

2.3 Minimum Word Strategy uses illustrations in place of words as often as
possible. This approach is suitable for describing physical mechanisms or simple
procedures, but it can be applied to some extent to many types of documentation.