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15 December 2013

Many of the recent calls to reform humanities graduate education have focused on shortening the time to degree, offering more professional opportunities, and legitimizing alternatives to the traditional research model. I would like to imagine one such alternative: the 20-year dissertation. read more

Judge to decide whether dissertation falls under Right to Know Law Read

16 October 2013

A woman seeking to review the doctoral dissertation of the Fox Chapel Area School District superintendent will have to wait before learning if the document falls within Pennsylvania's Right to Know law. read more

Translate your PhD thesis into dance and win a contest

3 September 2013

For the past five years international journal, Science, has been conducting ‘Dance Your Phd’ contest for researchers across the world to see which scientists can best explain their research work through interpretive dance. read more

The Secret to Writing Your Dissertation

15 August 2013

I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o’clock the next morning I was up writing again.” -Abraham Pais, physicist read more

How to prepare a scientific doctoral thesis based on research articles

30 July 2013

To help aspiring graduates, Björn Gustavii has published a book (Cambridge U Press) designed to offer practical guidance and advice. His book is designed for those following both what he calls the ‘Scandinavian’ model, in which an overall summary is followed by research papers bound in a single volume and the ‘sandwich’ model, in which published research papers appear as chapters between a general introduction and a general discussion. read more

How long is the average PhD dissertation?

25 July 2013

How many pages should it be? How long are other people's theses? Short answer: it varies. And by more than you may realize. read more

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Investigations on the galvanic conductivity of electrolytes

1884

by Svante Arrhenius at University of Uppsala

Arrhenius's Ph.D. thesis did not impress his professors, among whom was Per Teodor Cleve, and he received a fourth class degree, but upon his defence it was reclassified as third class. Later, extensions of this very work would earn him the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Today, he is known for his theory of electrolytic dissociation and his model of the greenhouse effect.

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