Sir Isaac Newton
  Physics 496
  Communicating in Physics
  Spring 2025    

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Lecture Notes

Notes are posted after each class.
Questions about lectures notes should be directed to the lecturer:

Professor Benjamin Hooberman (BH)
Instructor Celia Elliott (cme)
Instructor Jessica Raley (JLR)

January 24

PHYS 496 FAQ (cme)
Technical Communications in Physics (cme)
Writing Effective Titles (cme)
Active Reading Method for Physics Papers (cme)

January 31

How to Get Started if You Hate to Write (cme)
How to Write an Abstract (cme)

February 7

Presentation Basics for Science Speakers (cme)

February 14

Writing Numbers in Technical Documents (cme)

February 21

Collaborative Writing (BH)

February 28

Graduate School—S. Lance Cooper
Writing Referee Reports (cme)
Publishing in Scientific Journals (cme)

March 7

Revising and Editing Technical Manuscripts (cme)

March 14

Celia's Tips for Science Talks (cme)
Reference Rules and Styles in Scientific Writing (cme)

March 28

Effective Figure Captions for Technical Documents (cme)

April 4

April 11

April 18

April 25

May 2

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