Scientific writing involves many rules which can be overwhelming first but are easy to follow after you got used to them. This is especially easy when writing your reports and thesis in LaTeX.
American Institute of Physics (AIP):
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- Link to the AIP style manual forth edition
- Section II on Preparing to write a scientific paper
- Section III on General style
General rules from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
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- PDF file of a short, 2-page summary: Typefaces for symbols in Scientific Manuscripts.
- About several simple rules on Writing with Metric Units.
- A great online checklist on using the SI system in writing: Check List for Reviewing Manuscripts.
- The article Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) has 90 pages. Everything you ever wanted to know (or not) about scientific writing.
- The NIST Special Publication 330 The International System of Units (SI) from 2019.
The missing leading decimal point – OR – the naked decimal point:
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- About decimals on Wikipedia’s Manual of Style/Dates and numbers.
- A Post About Nothing from the APA style point of view.
- About the decimal point on the NIST website Writing with Metric Units.
- The dot or period is used as the decimal point within numbers. In numbers less than one, zero should be written before the decimal point. Examples: 7.038 g; 0.038 g.