Latex template for IISc PhD/M.Tech thesis: Click here to download (README.txt has instructions).
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Writing:
Other resources:
- Here are some useful resources by Richard Baraniuk.
- How to learn math and physics by John Baez. Also see his advice for the young scientist.
- Some musings by Micheal Steele here. Also see his advice on graduate research. It's for Statistics students, but still relevant to all.
- Programming language research.
- Career advice by Terry Tao. Tao has an awesome blog where he has articles on Math, and even on writing and time management.
- Study hacks by Cal Newport on how to study.
- Advice by Ravi Vakil.
- What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics
- Advice by Jason Eisner of John Hopkins University, and on How to read a technical paper
- Another article on how to read a paper.
- Article on how to read a paper by Micheal Mitzenmacher, and another article by Henning Schulzrinne.
- This is a huge collection of advice on research, giving presentations, technical writing, job hunting, etc.
- Reading for grad students by Matt Might.
- A reddit post I found very interesting.
- Teach yourself programming in 10 years, about expertise.
- "Ten lessons I wish I had been taught" by Gian-Carlo Rota.
- Taste for makers: An essay on beauty, taste, and good design.
On Teaching
Other links
LyX is a software based on LaTeX. It is a useful WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) document preparation system and handy if you want to prepare professional presentations or reports but do not want to delve into the intricacies of LaTeX.
The open directory project, a useful site to search for anything technical and non technical.
An essay titled "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" by Richard Hamming.
Most popular how-to guides by Lifehacker
Free ebooks (legal)
Random paper generators!
Tools
- A neat tool to clean and compress scanned handwritten notes by Matt Zucker.