Math Into LaTeX:
an introduction to LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX
By George Gratzer
Birkhäuser, 1996
ISBN 0-8176-3805-9
451 pagesProvides the beginner with a simple, direct approach. Using numerous examples, a formula gallery, sample files, and templates, a short course, Part I, guides the reader through typing text, math formulas, equations, and an article template making it possible to start typeing an article with only a few hours time.
The rest of this book provides systematic discussion of all aspects of LaTeX and the AMS packages, customization, and introduces two major tools to help compile long bibliographies and indexes. There are also nine appendixes containing symbol tables and discussing special topics such as the use of PostScript fonts.