WritingYourScienceThesisorDissertation!ImperialCollegePressEniovWritingYourScienceThesisorDissertation!AstepbystepguidetoplanningandwritingdissertationsandthesesforundergraduateandgraduatesciencestudefitsDanielHoltom&ElizabethFisherImperialCollegePressPublishedbyImperialCollegePress57SheltonStreetCoventGardenLondonWC2H9HEDistributedbyWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.P0Box128,FarrerRoad,Singapore912805USAofice:SuiteIB,1060MainStreet,RiverEdge,NJ07661UKoffice:57SheltonStreet,CoventGarden,LondonWCW9HELibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataHoltom,Daniel.Enjoywritingyoursciencethesisordissertation:astepbystepguidetoplanningandwritingdissertationsandthesesforundergraduateandgraduatesciencestudents/DanielHoltomandElizabethFisher.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.1.Technicalwriting.2.Dissertations,Academic.1.Fisher,)andindex.ISBN1-86094-090-0Elizabeth.11.Title.Tll.H.5821999808'.0666--dc2199-11015BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.Copyright01999byImperialCollegePressAllrigh?sreserved.Thisbook;orpartsthereojmyno?bereproducedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recordingoranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystemnowknownortobeinvented,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthePublisher.Forphotocopyingofmaterialinthisvolume,pleasepayacopyingfeethroughtheCopyrightClearanceCenter,Inc.,222RosewoodDrive,Danvers,MA01923,USA.Inthiscasepermissiontophotocopyisnotrequiredfromthepublisher.PrintedinSingapore.EnjoyWritingYourScienceThesisOrDissertation!Almostallsciencestudentshavetowriteathesisordissertationatsomepointduringtheircareers.Forundergraduateandmastersstudents,assessmentofthethesisisacomponentofthefinalmark;inthecaseofdoctoralstudentsthedegreealmostentirelydependsonit.Theskillofthesiswritingliesintheclearorganisationofdata,ideasandresources.Unfortunately,manysciencestudentsgetverylittleformaltrainingintheskillofcommunicatingideasclearlyandefficiently,andasaresulttheylosemark...
