Lecture Notes
Notes are posted after each class.
Questions about lectures notes should be directed to the lecturer:
(NM) Professor Nadya Mason
(cme) Instructor Celia Elliott
August 30
Course Overview (NM)
What Makes a Good Talk (NM)
Effective Titles (cme)
September 6
How to Read a Physics Paper (NM)
September 13
How to Get Started if You Hate to Write—Outlining (cme)
Making Estimates in Research (NM)
Technical Writing 101 (cme)
September 20
How to Write Effective Abstracts (cme)
Mass, Count, and Collective Nouns (cme)
September 27
Avoiding Plagiarism (NM)
Reference Rules and Styles for Physics (cme)
Capitalization and Acronyms in Physics (cme) Check Yourself
October 4
How to Get Started if You Hate to Write, Part II (cme)
Scientific Arguments (NM)
October 11
Figures (NM)
Figure Captions (cme)
Peer Reviewing (NM)
October 18
Tips for Giving Better Science Talks (cme)
Revising Technical Manuscripts (cme)
Writing Numbers in Technical Documents (cme)
October 25
How to Present a Journal Club Talk (cme)
Making Verbs Work (cme)
November 1
Collaborative Writing (cme)
Acknowledgments in Publications, Talks, and Posters (cme)
Intellectual Property Rules for Physicists (cme)
November 8
Writing Instructions (cme)
A Framework for Ethical Decisions (cme)
November 15
CVs, Resumes, and Cover Letters (cme)
Writing a Statement of Purpose and Getting Admitted to Graduate School (cme)
November 22
November 29—No Class, Fall Break
December 2
December 9
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