Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Second Edition

by Nicholas J. Higham , SIAM, 1998. xvi+302 pp., softcover, ISBN 0-89871-420-6.

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Book Downloads

• Preface of the book.
• Bibliography of the book (306 entries), in BibTeX form.

Miscellaneous links

• The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies (includes Computational Mathematics)
• LaTeX pages
• Some more LaTeX and TeX pages .
• Learning LaTeX by David Griffiths and Des Higham .
• Earliest uses of some words of mathematics .
• Mathematical quotations server .
• Oxford English Dictionary (requires subscription).
• Online dictionary.
• Another online dictionary.
• Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual, Dianne O'Leary. Contains many links in Section 13 related to technical writing and presentation.
• The Short Talk, Charles Van Loan.
• Three Sins of Authors in Computer Science and Math, by Jonathan Shewchuk.
• World Wide Words, an excellent site devoted to the English language, with many useful links.
• English for French Scientists. For those whose first language is French, useful advice from Laurette Tuckerman on writing technical English.
• How to Give a Talk, PDF slides from a talk by Tammy Kolda.

Posters

• Creating Effective Poster Presentations.
• LaTeX poster template.
• Examples of posters
  • IMA Conference on Linear Algebra and Its Applications , Manchester, July 10-12 1995.
  • Winners of the Poster Competitions of SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra .
  • Example posters on SciFor Inc. site.

On-line references from the bibliography

• The King's English , H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, Second edition, 1908.
• The Elements of Style , William Strunk, Jr., 1918.
• 101 Writing Tips , Des Higham , 1994.
• Which dictionary for the mathematical scientist? , Nicholas J. Higham , IMA Bulletin 30(5/6):81-88, 1994.
• A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science , Ian Parberry.
• How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science: A Speaker's Guide for Students , Ian Parberry.