Part one
 Reading your way into technical writing
 Unit 1 Getting Started: Identifying and Solving a Problem
  Ten Techniques for Activating the Spirit and Reducing Stress
 Unit 2 Examining the Nature of a Familiar Phenomenon
  TV Addiction Versus Substance Dependence
 Unit 3 Analyzing and Preventing a Disease
  Influenza
 Unit 4 Explaining a Mechanism
  Why We Sleep: A Biological Perspective
 Unit 5 Presenting and Illustrating an Argument
  Global Versus Local Issues in Noise Control Policy
 Unit 6 Offering a Critical Review
  Hotel Design
 Unit 7 Debating a New Technology
  Seeds of Concern
 Unit 8 Drawing Inferences and Framing Hypotheses
  The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: the Red Planet Is No Dead Planet
 Unit 9 Testing a Hypothesis
  The Value of Positive Emotions
 Unit 10 Applying a Clean Technology
  Fuel Cells
 Unit 11 Undertaking a Research Project
  Assessing the Attitudes and Behaviors of Pedestrians and Drivers in Traffic Situations
 Part two
 Extending your scope of reading
  1. Engineering Education
  2. The Nature of Emotions
  3. Fighting HIV with HIV
  4. Aging: A Biological Perspective
  5. The Problems with Relying on Technology
  6. As One Door Closes...
  7. Technology and the Humanities
  8. Framing Hypotheses: A Cautioncry Tale
  9. The Kindness of Strangers
  10. Non-medical Lasers: Everyday Life in a New Light
  11. Driver Inattention, Driver Distraction and Traffic Crashes
  Key to part one
  Key to part two