Writing

A general book on writing is The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, Macmillan, New York, 3rd ed., 1979. The full text of the 1918 edition is out of copyright and available online.

Also see
  • Technical Writing for Computer Engineers and Computer Scientists by Kevin Karplus and Dan Scripture and
  • Good Writing, by Marc H. Raibert (Jan. 1985)
  • The Science of Scientific Writing, by G. D. Gopen and J. A. Swan
  • Advice on Research and Writing (CMU)
  • U. Wisconsin Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook and list of Other on-line writing centers
  • G. Gopen and J. Swan. 1990. The Science of Scientific Writing. American Scientist 78:550-558.
  • J. Williams. 1995. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL.

    • For reference

  • Miriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
  • Midwest Writing Centers Association
  • FAQ about The Chicago Manual of Style
  • Dictionaries of other languages
  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition.
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