Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences

by Nicholas J. Higham

The volume provides information on writing a technical paper or talk, from choosing the right journal to handling your references. Also included is an overview of the publication process.

Genres: Mathematics, Writing, Nonfiction, Science, Communication, Language

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Librarian note: There are other authors with the same name.

Nicholas John Higham FRS is a numerical analyst and Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester.

He is a graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester gaining his BA in 1982, MSc in and 1983 and PhD 1985. His PhD thesis was entitled Nearness Problems in Numerical Linear Algebra and his supervisor was George Hall. Higham is Director of Research within the School of Mathematics, Director of the Manchester Institute for Mathematical Sciences (MIMS), and Head of the Numerical Analysis Group. He held a prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2003–2008) and as of 2006[update] is on the Institute for Scientific Information Highly Cited Researcher list.

Reviews

[Quiver]

Most relevant and detailed.

A whole chapter is dedicated to worked examples showing how writing can be improved using the principles described in the book.

Offers advice on giving talks, drafting theses, publishing papers. There is also a chapter on LaTeX.

Finally, Higham works through the common pitfalls faced by non-native English speakers.

[Kayed Al-qasimi]

An excellent book to read at the start of your PhD. Well structured chapters makes the book easy to use a reference. Some sections might be a bit boring or redundant such as "English as a foreign language". Has some really good tips on using Latex.