Because of simplistic rules and weak examples in scientific writing, many conceptions that scientists and engineers have about scientific writing are really misconceptions. For instance, many authors think of scientific writing as a mystical aspect of science. Scientific writing is not that at all. For one thing, scientific writing is not a science. It does not contain laws obtained through derivations or experiments.
Scientific writing is a craft.
It consists of skills that are developed through study and practice. Moreover, scientific writing is not mystical. In fact, scientific writing is straightforward. When the purpose of the writing is to inform, you write in a style that communicates the most amount of information in the least amount of reading time. When the purpose of the writing is to persuade, you write in a style that presents logical arguments in the most convincing manner.