Chapter 7: Writing the Research Review

to experiment with styles and techniques that the IMRD form prohibits
to go into the detail that books allow for summarizing and analyzing the contributions to research of many people
to write personally about one’s scientific life, the lives of other researchers, and the society of scientists
to give detailed advice and instruction to younger scientists about the scientific process and about helpful attitudes to cultivate for success
to do political analysis of scientific topics
to perform future-casting in regard to scientific research in areas of special interest to the writer
to reach very different audiences than the writer has written for thus far