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The Craft of Scientific PresentationsCritical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to AvoidMichael docx
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combination of these two problems caused many of the
students to complain to the head of the department. How-
ever, Oppenheimer was already aware of the ... some
truth. The unexpected realization of truth then makes
people laugh. At the beginning of a presentation in which
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Presentations to Inform. For presentations ... important.
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A second advantage of making a presentation is that
a presentation allows the speaker the opportunity to ob-
serve the reactions of the audience...
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The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid pptx
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... contains some
truth. The unexpected realization of truth then makes
people laugh. At the beginning of a presentation in which
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combination of these two problems ... some
of which are shown in Figure 2-1a, the presenters of the
proposal used referenced facts and the opinions of ex-
perts to assign a cut-off value. The establishment of these
criteria formed the ... became the C-portion of the syllogism and the
main evidence that contributed to the awarding of the
contract.
Statistics are another form of logical evidence, and
their power varies widely. At the...
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The Craft of Scientific Presentations Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid pot
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... contains some
truth. The unexpected realization of truth then makes
people laugh. At the beginning of a presentation in which
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combination of these two problems ... science—
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Implicit in the opinions held by an audience of a
presentation are the biases of the audience toward the
subject ... some
of which are shown in Figure 2-1a, the presenters of the
proposal used referenced facts and the opinions of ex-
perts to assign a cut-off value. The establishment of these
criteria formed the...
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Ideas Into Words Mastering The Craft Of Science Writing
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... calculated all kinds of things with this theory. The first
thing I calculated was the rate of disintegration of the
muon and the neutron. They should be connected to-
gether, if this theory was right, ... is available from the British Library.
would go no further—“30 percent; we cannot say more
than 30 percent”—till they were sure I had the message.
Then they would shut the of ce door. “But let ... going to be all of them, or al-
most all. This is going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi-
demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien-
tist, the larger the scruple and the more he...
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 17
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... trigger their adrenaline. So they often
thrive as staff, goaded on by the rest of the group (not to
mention the boss). Gregarious types may not need goad-
ing but wilt in a life that leaves them ... and fer-
tilize and weed. There is work to be done. But the work pays
off biggest when the plants are right for the soil and micro-
climate of the particular garden.
Is there some subject or writing ... would arrive at the of ce and see that, actually,
the work was not so bad. So I’d patch and polish (always
fun, the exercise of craft) , then start a new segment on that
momentum. The next day I...
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 4
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... off by 7 percent.”
Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a prediction
for me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu-
tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the
next ... “un-
sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), because
their idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible not
to scare the public.
I well remember from the early 1980s not ... part, the best scientists agree on the current
best theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an-
swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the
fewest loose ends. There’s...
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Tài liệu THE CRAFT OF WRITING SCIENCE FICTION THAT SELLS pptx
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... tamper
with the laws of nature to suit the needs of the story.
The archetype of this requirement is Tom Godwin's " ;The Cold Equations,"
in which the laws of nature are the background of the ... chandeliers of Louis XIV's palace at Versailles; and they think they
know what the inside of a jail looks like.
But what does the reader know of the ammonia seas of Titan, the largest
moon of the ... suit.
His world was cut off now and circled by the dark rocks. The only sounds
he knew were the creakings of the suit’s joints, the electrical hum of its motor,
the faint whir of the helmet’s air blower,...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 1 pdf
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... past
the point where I paid it any mind. So I sat and waited
while she finished.
Finally, she pulled out the page, gathered it together
with one or two others and, still not looking up, passed
them ... did—no knitted brows, just the
blank screen of her face, the outside world absent. For
a moment, the room lay still. Until, abruptly: “Oh, yes,
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For my father,
who would have been so ... blank
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Foreword © 2003 Robert Kanigel
All rights reserved. Published 2003
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 2 pdf
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... interest in it.
Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowing
much science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the
best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci-
ence, be ... one way or the
other, sitting beside her at her desk, the manuscript on the
sliding desk tray between us, I learned.
I can attest to the wisdom of the writerly injunctions
you’ll find in these pages ... intelligent
questions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of a
dense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she was...
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