Better writing

If I had more time, I’d write a shorter letter — Jefferson.

Videos on Scientific Writing

I especially recommend this talk by S. Pinker. The book, of the same name, is also great.

Here are a few more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsRvAVSVeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE-TTz13P7w

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Written Resources on Academic Writing

• Websites on scientific writing
  1. https://irregardless.ly/style_guides/13?name=popular&collection_id=13
  2. Physics Today advice
  3. UC Davis Scientific writting
• Papers on scientific writing
  1. Kip Thorne Writing tips
  2. Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper
  3. Ten simple rules for structuring papers
  4. How to write a first-class paper
  5. Mermin papers:
     1. What’s wrong with this prose?
     2. What’s wrong with these equations?