Reblog from Writing in Science There are great points made in this blog post on the use of acknowledgements in talks. This blog generally has great advice. “Last words are our strongest. That’s why the punchline comes at the end of the joke and the conclusions at the end of a presentation. The conclusion slide …
To continue on the theme of my last post on communication, writing is also a challenge many of us face. Here is a nice blog from Scientific American on the topic. For me, I’ve had to stay home on Thursdays this semester to make writing progress, but I’m still behind. Being behind is inevitable, but …
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I used to teach a class in data visualization because I was frustrated with the quality of graphics in student work and that I was seeing in papers I was reviewing for journals. I just saw an article from my colleagues at Penn State that provides an excellent overview of effective data visualization principles. The article …
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A couple of weeks ago at our bi-weekly soils group meeting we were reviewing posters for presentation at the FREC graduate research symposium. At some point we got on the general topic of data presentation. Kevin mentioned the work of Dr. Edward Tufte, whose latest book “Beautiful Evidence” is now in my possession and quite …
Telling a story of course isn’t always easy, especially when it comes to scientific writing. The story part of a scientific paper, for example the discussion or intro, can be a real challenge. Today I was catching up on my podcasts while at the gym and I found a really interesting Radiolab episode called Me, Myself, …
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Radiolab. I think they do a great job of explaining the wonder of a science in a way that is entertaining and relevant. Naturally, when the topic of creating the “story” of your research came up at our last group meeting, I thought of the short …