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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974298103321

Autore

Eco Umberto

Titolo

How to write a thesis / / by Umberto Eco ; translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina & Geoff Farina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

9780262328760

0262328763

9780262328753

0262328755

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

378.2/42

Soggetti

Dissertations, Academic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Translators' Foreword -- Introduction to the Original 1977 Edition -- Introduction to the 1985 Edition -- 1 The Definition and Purpose of the Thesis -- 2 Choosing the Topic -- 3 Conducting Research -- 4 The Work Plan and the Index Cards -- 5 Writing the Thesis -- 6 The Final Draft -- 7 Conclusions -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time.