Armacost Library: MATH 459: Senior Research Seminar: Communicating Math

Mathematical Communication from the MAA

The idea for this site and its resources began at the M.I.T. Department of Mathematics as a way to support math instructors. Topics include the following.

Scientific Presentations

Giving Oral Presentations
An online tutorial that presents strategies to help you structure your presentation, design slides, deliver your presentation, and answer questions. From the Nature Education series English Communication for Scientists. For additional detail on these skills, visit the Penn State pages below.
Structuring Your Presentation
Find additional detail and video examples on this topic from Penn State's Effective Presentations in Engineering and Science: Guidelines and Video Examples
Speaking so the Audience Understands
Find additional detail and video examples on this topic from Penn State's Effective Presentations in Engineering and Science: Guidelines and Video Examples
Captivating Your Audience
Find additional detail and video examples on this topic from Penn State's Effective Presentations in Engineering and Science: Guidelines and Video Examples
Rethinking Presentations in Science and Engineering, Michael Alley
Resources from Alley on presentations using assertion-evidence.

Scientific Writing

The Craft of Scientific Writing by Michael Alley
ISBN: 1441982876
Publication Date: 2018-04-27
The Craft of Scientific Writing is designed to help scientists and engineers - both professionals already active in the disciplines as well as students preparing to enter the professions - write about their work clearly and effectively. With this new edition, readers will learn not just how to organize information, but how to emphasize the key details of that information. Also, readers will not just learn how to cast their ideas into precise and clear sentences, but how to connect these sentences in an energetic fashion.
The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science by Scott L. Montgomery
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
For more than a decade, The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science has been the go-to reference for anyone who needs to write or speak about their research.
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day; Barbara Gastel
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
This newly updated version of the classic guide to writing and publishing scientific papers provides the tools needed to succeed in the communication aspects of a scientific career.