Início do Prefácio da 1a. edição deste livro:
"In this book I aim to describe most of what a scientist needs to know about mathematical writing. [..] My target audience is graduate students. They often have litlle experience or knowledge of technical writing and are daunted by the task of writing a report or thesis. The advice given here reflects what I have learned in the ten years since I wrote my first research report as a graduate student and describes what I would have liked to know as I started to wirte that first report. [..]."
Início do Prefácio da 2a. edição deste livro:
"In the five years since the first edition of this book was published I
have received numerous email messages and letters from readers commenting
on the book and suggesting how it could be improved. I have also built
up a large file of ideas based on my own experiences in reading,
writing, and editing and in examining and supervising theses. With the
aid of all this information I have completely revised the book. The most
obvious changes in this second edition are the new chapters.