Course Topics
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This is a "skill builder" course that introduces beginning graduate students with a range of transferable skills important for successful communication in science, research and in other professional areas. The course aims to develop a wider understanding of the context in which research takes place through critical reading and evaluation of a wide range of literature. Besides being trained on how to prepare papers and presentations, students will also be required to write an abstract and give oral presentation on a contemporary research topic pursued by groups in the Department.
Main Course Topics:
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- how do you start scientific research project?
- physics & astronomy journals
- searching the scientific literature online
- ethics in scientific research
- writing style for research article
- LaTeX environment for typing math
- software for preparing talks and posters
- designing and delivering effective research talks
- cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience in research and presentations
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News
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- The course is moved online until UD reopens. This means you will receive a link to join ZOOM (install it from https://zoom.us/) for lectures and your presentations.
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Lecture in Progress
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Course Motto
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- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Waldo Emerson)
- If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
- A man will turn over half a library to write one book. (Samuel Johnson)
- Scientists often have an experience that is deeply enlightening, and is not granted to everyone. It is the experience of finding that you have been wrong about something. (Steven Weinberg)
- Henri Poincaré worked during the same times each day in short periods of time. He undertook research for four hours a day, between 10 a.m. and noon then again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. He would read articles in journals later in the evening.
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