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Revision as of 21:37, 14 September 2016
Lecture 1: Physics & Astronomy journals
News & Views
General Science
General Physics
Reviews
Applied Physics
- Nature Materials
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Applied Physics Review
- Physical Review Applied
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
- Optics Express
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Biophysics Journal
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Astronomical Journal
- Astrophysical Journal
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Space and Plasma Physics
Mathematical and Computational Physics
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Computer Physics Communications
- Computing in Science and Engineering
- Journal of Computational Physics
Lecture 2: Searching the scientific literature
Lecture 3: Scientific conferences and workshops
Conferences
- APS March meeting for condensed matter physics students
- APS April meeting for astrophysics and high energy physics students
- APS DAMOP meeting for AMO students
- American Astronomical Society meeting for astronomy students
- Gordon Research Conferences
- Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (FQMT) Conferences
Workshops
Lecture 4: Scientific writing
N. D. Mermin
- Writing physics
- What's wrong with these equations
- What's wrong with this prose
- Why Quark Rhymes with Pork and Other Scientific Diversions
LaTeX templates
- PHYS660 template and embedded PDF figure.
- Math into LaTeX: How to Beautify Equations and embedded PDF figure.
- How to submit abstract for APS meetings
Free LaTeX packages
- MikTeX (LaTeX implementation for Windows)
- TexStudio (TeX Editor for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS)
- JabRef (organizer for BibTeX references)
Lecture 5: Scientific presentations: Talks and Posters
Talks
- Preparing and giving a good talk requires a lot of discipline, particularly with regard to cutting out material.
- How to design and deliver an effective research talk
- Advice to beginning physics speakers
- What's wrong with those talks?
- Who is listening? What do they hear?
- Transforming physics education
