COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Elements of Technical Writing
2005-2006

  • Use plain rather than elegant or complex language
     Complex: Another very important consequence of Einstein's theory of special relativity that does 
              not follow from classical mechanics is the prediction that even when a body is at rest,
    	  and hence has no kinetic energy, there still remains a fixed and constant quantity of 
    	  energy within this body.
    
     Simple:  According to the theory of special relativity, even a body at rest contains energy.