The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing
http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw/home.htm

Perelman, Leslie, James Paradis and Edward Barrett
MIT

Abstract:

Effective technical documents do not just happen; they are the result of a deliberate and comprehensive design and production process. Although writers may vary some of the steps they use to create a document, effective technical and scientific writing typically follows the same general procedures.