Re:I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and writ...
by BrandoElFollito on Saturday December 28, 2019 @02:11AM
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We had informal requirements (or better, "expectations") for the length of a PhD thesis (physics). It was about 200 pages.
Mine was a whooping 40 pages. Introduction to the subject was two sentences and the fact that if you need an introduction to the matter you should probably not be reading this thesis which deals with a super specialized area.
One of the reviewers refused to read it on the basis of the size. The four others looked relieved not to have to go though the history of physics again.
I hope that things are changing in this age of blogs and concerned information, the French idea of a thesis made of published articles and a few pages of glue is great.
Mine was a whooping 40 pages. Introduction to the subject was two sentences and the fact that if you need an introduction to the matter you should probably not be reading this thesis which deals with a super specialized area.
One of the reviewers refused to read it on the basis of the size. The four others looked relieved not to have to go though the history of physics again.
I hope that things are changing in this age of blogs and concerned information, the French idea of a thesis made of published articles and a few pages of glue is great.