Physics 496
Introduction to Physics Research
Spring 2013

Lectures

Notes are posted after each class. Questions about lectures notes should be directed to the lecturer:
(tml) Professor Liss
(cme) Celia Elliott

January 18

Course Introduction (tml)
Introduction to Research (tml)
Evaluating a Science Talk (tml)
Technical Communications in Science (cme)

February 1

Writing Effective Titles (cme)
Writing Made Easier—The Outline (cme)
Tools for the Scientific Skeptic (tml)
Effective Abstracts (tml/cme)

February 8

Persuasion in Technical Communications (cme)
Building Good Paragraphs (cme)
Using Online Resources for Research (tml)

February 15

Using Scopus (cme)
Figures for Scientific Documents and Presentations (tml)
Effective Figure Captions for Technical Documents (cme)
Using Analogies in Science (tml)

February 22

Effective Scientific Talks (tml)
PowerPoint Tips for Science Talks (cme)

March 1

Getting Started with LaTeX (tml)
Scientific Ethics (tml)
A Framework for Ethical Decisions (cme)

March 8

Writing for a General Audience (cme)
Numbers in Technical Documents (cme)
How to Read a Paper (tml)

March 15

Capitalization and Acronyms in Physics (cme)
Writing Referee Reports (tml)
Giving a Journal Club Talk (tml)

March 29

Understanding the Proposal Process (cme)
Preparing a Proposal Budget (cme)
Preparing a CV (tml)

April 12

Intellectual Property for Physicists (cme)
Eliminating Fluff in Technical Writing (cme)
Proposal Review (tml)

April 19

Voice, Person, Tense: Making Verbs Work (cme)
The Last Word on "Due To" (Ms. P)
Estimates in Research (tml)

 

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