Designing science presentations [[electronic resource] ] : a visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more / / Matt Carter |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 p.) |
Disciplina | 501.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Communication in science
Poster presentations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-80590-1
0-12-385970-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Designing Science Presentations; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Goals of This Book; 1 Designing Exceptional Science Presentations; 1 Scientists as Designers; Necessary Ingredients in any Science Presentation; Doesn't Good Scientific Content Speak for Itself?; Any Scientist Can Be a Designer; What is Design?; What Design Is Not; Design Is Ultimately about the Audience; Embrace Simplicity; About "The Rules"; Appreciate the Design around You; Appreciate the Presentations of Other Scientists; Design Is a Continuous Process; Summary: Don'ts and Dos
2 Design Goals for Different Presentation Formats Defining the Goals of Presentation Formats; The Written Presentation; The Slide Presentation; The Oral Presentation (Without Slides); The Poster Presentation; Advantages and Disadvantages of Presentation Formats; Reasons for Success and Failure; Design a Presentation with Your Format in Mind; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 3 Twenty-One Characteristics Shared by Exceptional Presenters; 1 Choose to Design a Presentation; 2 Present to Communicate a Message; 3 Know Your Target Audience; 4 Demonstrate Care and Respect for Your Audience 5 Declare the Question or Goal that Drives Your Science 6 Inspire Interest in Your Subject; 7 Demonstrate Expertise; 8 Introduce Your Background and Methods with Clarity; 9 Balance Details with the Big Picture; 10 Highlight One to Three Take-Home Points; 11 Follow Time Restrictions; 12 Radiate Enthusiasm; 13 Demonstrate Accessibility and Friendliness; 14 Read and Respond to Your Audience; 15 Design Visual Elements with Care; 16 Present Information One Piece at a Time; 17 Let Your Narrative Lead Your Visuals; 18 Master Your Presentation Technology; 19 Master the Written English Language 20 Be Yourself 21 Transform Anxiety into Positive Energy; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 2 Visual Elements in Science Presentations; 4 Color; Why We Use Color; Color Gone Wild; Describing Color; The Color Wheel; Choosing Color Combinations Using a Color Wheel; Warm and Cool Colors; Using Color to Highlight; Emotional Associations of Different Colors; Background Colors and Contrast; Color in a Colorless Environment; Black and White Are Colors, Too; How Computers Specify Color; CMYK; RGB; Hexvalue; What You See Might Not Be What You Get; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 5 Typography Decisions about Text Matter Dissection of a Font; Personality of Fonts; Sizing Up a Font; Casing; Legibility; Typesetting; Bullets; Some Other Advice about using Bullets:; Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 6 Words; Words Matter; Avoid Wordiness; Colloquialism and Slang; Singular versus Plural; Active versus Passive Verbs; Verb Tense; Commonly Misused Words; Understand the Distinctions between Similar Words; The Burden of Proof; Latin Abbreviations; Writing about Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 7 Tables; Anatomy of a Table; When to Use a Table Tables Differ among Different Presentation Formats |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462265503321 |
Carter Matt
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Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Designing science presentations : a visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more / / Matt Carter |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 501.4 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Communication in science
Poster presentations Science - Study and teaching - Audio-visual aids |
ISBN |
1-283-80590-1
0-12-385970-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Designing Science Presentations; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Goals of This Book; 1 Designing Exceptional Science Presentations; 1 Scientists as Designers; Necessary Ingredients in any Science Presentation; Doesn't Good Scientific Content Speak for Itself?; Any Scientist Can Be a Designer; What is Design?; What Design Is Not; Design Is Ultimately about the Audience; Embrace Simplicity; About "The Rules"; Appreciate the Design around You; Appreciate the Presentations of Other Scientists; Design Is a Continuous Process; Summary: Don'ts and Dos
2 Design Goals for Different Presentation Formats Defining the Goals of Presentation Formats; The Written Presentation; The Slide Presentation; The Oral Presentation (Without Slides); The Poster Presentation; Advantages and Disadvantages of Presentation Formats; Reasons for Success and Failure; Design a Presentation with Your Format in Mind; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 3 Twenty-One Characteristics Shared by Exceptional Presenters; 1 Choose to Design a Presentation; 2 Present to Communicate a Message; 3 Know Your Target Audience; 4 Demonstrate Care and Respect for Your Audience 5 Declare the Question or Goal that Drives Your Science 6 Inspire Interest in Your Subject; 7 Demonstrate Expertise; 8 Introduce Your Background and Methods with Clarity; 9 Balance Details with the Big Picture; 10 Highlight One to Three Take-Home Points; 11 Follow Time Restrictions; 12 Radiate Enthusiasm; 13 Demonstrate Accessibility and Friendliness; 14 Read and Respond to Your Audience; 15 Design Visual Elements with Care; 16 Present Information One Piece at a Time; 17 Let Your Narrative Lead Your Visuals; 18 Master Your Presentation Technology; 19 Master the Written English Language 20 Be Yourself 21 Transform Anxiety into Positive Energy; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 2 Visual Elements in Science Presentations; 4 Color; Why We Use Color; Color Gone Wild; Describing Color; The Color Wheel; Choosing Color Combinations Using a Color Wheel; Warm and Cool Colors; Using Color to Highlight; Emotional Associations of Different Colors; Background Colors and Contrast; Color in a Colorless Environment; Black and White Are Colors, Too; How Computers Specify Color; CMYK; RGB; Hexvalue; What You See Might Not Be What You Get; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 5 Typography Decisions about Text Matter Dissection of a Font; Personality of Fonts; Sizing Up a Font; Casing; Legibility; Typesetting; Bullets; Some Other Advice about using Bullets:; Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 6 Words; Words Matter; Avoid Wordiness; Colloquialism and Slang; Singular versus Plural; Active versus Passive Verbs; Verb Tense; Commonly Misused Words; Understand the Distinctions between Similar Words; The Burden of Proof; Latin Abbreviations; Writing about Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 7 Tables; Anatomy of a Table; When to Use a Table Tables Differ among Different Presentation Formats |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786500103321 |
Carter Matt
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Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Designing science presentations : a visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more / / Matt Carter |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 501.4 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Communication in science
Poster presentations Science - Study and teaching - Audio-visual aids |
ISBN |
1-283-80590-1
0-12-385970-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Designing Science Presentations; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Goals of This Book; 1 Designing Exceptional Science Presentations; 1 Scientists as Designers; Necessary Ingredients in any Science Presentation; Doesn't Good Scientific Content Speak for Itself?; Any Scientist Can Be a Designer; What is Design?; What Design Is Not; Design Is Ultimately about the Audience; Embrace Simplicity; About "The Rules"; Appreciate the Design around You; Appreciate the Presentations of Other Scientists; Design Is a Continuous Process; Summary: Don'ts and Dos
2 Design Goals for Different Presentation Formats Defining the Goals of Presentation Formats; The Written Presentation; The Slide Presentation; The Oral Presentation (Without Slides); The Poster Presentation; Advantages and Disadvantages of Presentation Formats; Reasons for Success and Failure; Design a Presentation with Your Format in Mind; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 3 Twenty-One Characteristics Shared by Exceptional Presenters; 1 Choose to Design a Presentation; 2 Present to Communicate a Message; 3 Know Your Target Audience; 4 Demonstrate Care and Respect for Your Audience 5 Declare the Question or Goal that Drives Your Science 6 Inspire Interest in Your Subject; 7 Demonstrate Expertise; 8 Introduce Your Background and Methods with Clarity; 9 Balance Details with the Big Picture; 10 Highlight One to Three Take-Home Points; 11 Follow Time Restrictions; 12 Radiate Enthusiasm; 13 Demonstrate Accessibility and Friendliness; 14 Read and Respond to Your Audience; 15 Design Visual Elements with Care; 16 Present Information One Piece at a Time; 17 Let Your Narrative Lead Your Visuals; 18 Master Your Presentation Technology; 19 Master the Written English Language 20 Be Yourself 21 Transform Anxiety into Positive Energy; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 2 Visual Elements in Science Presentations; 4 Color; Why We Use Color; Color Gone Wild; Describing Color; The Color Wheel; Choosing Color Combinations Using a Color Wheel; Warm and Cool Colors; Using Color to Highlight; Emotional Associations of Different Colors; Background Colors and Contrast; Color in a Colorless Environment; Black and White Are Colors, Too; How Computers Specify Color; CMYK; RGB; Hexvalue; What You See Might Not Be What You Get; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 5 Typography Decisions about Text Matter Dissection of a Font; Personality of Fonts; Sizing Up a Font; Casing; Legibility; Typesetting; Bullets; Some Other Advice about using Bullets:; Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 6 Words; Words Matter; Avoid Wordiness; Colloquialism and Slang; Singular versus Plural; Active versus Passive Verbs; Verb Tense; Commonly Misused Words; Understand the Distinctions between Similar Words; The Burden of Proof; Latin Abbreviations; Writing about Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 7 Tables; Anatomy of a Table; When to Use a Table Tables Differ among Different Presentation Formats |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817272203321 |
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Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 | ||
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Guide to research techniques in neuroscience / / Matt Carter, Jennifer Shieh ; acquisition editor Natalie Farra ; designer Greg Harris |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) : illustrasjoner |
Disciplina | 616.85 |
Soggetto topico | Neurosciences - Research - Methodology |
ISBN | 0-12-800597-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword to the Second Edition""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION""; ""METHODS OF STUDYING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSCIENCE""; ""Chapter 1 - Whole-Brain Imaging""; ""STRUCTURAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL IMAGING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""
""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 2 - Animal Behavior""; ""CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING AND PERFORMING A BEHAVIORAL ASSAY""; ""RODENT BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""DROSOPHILA BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""NONHUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books and Review Articles"" ""A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURONS""""THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RIG""; ""CATEGORIES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RECORDINGS""; ""ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TISSUE PREPARATIONS""; ""MANIPULATING NEURAL ACTIVITY DURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Chapter 5 - Microscopy""; ""ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPY""; ""LIGHT MICROSCOPY""; ""FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY""; ""ELECTRON MICROSCOPY"" ""PREPARING AND INTERPRETING MICROSCOPY DATA""""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 6 - Visualizing Neural Structure""; ""TISSUE PREPARATION""; ""VISUALIZING MORPHOLOGY""; ""VISUALIZING GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION""; ""VISUALIZING CIRCUITRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites"" ""Chapter 7 - Visualizing Neural Function"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794613203321 |
Carter Matt
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Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Guide to research techniques in neuroscience / / Matt Carter, Jennifer Shieh ; acquisition editor Natalie Farra ; designer Greg Harris |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) : illustrasjoner |
Disciplina | 616.85 |
Soggetto topico | Neurosciences - Research - Methodology |
ISBN | 0-12-800597-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword to the Second Edition""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION""; ""METHODS OF STUDYING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSCIENCE""; ""Chapter 1 - Whole-Brain Imaging""; ""STRUCTURAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL IMAGING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""
""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 2 - Animal Behavior""; ""CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING AND PERFORMING A BEHAVIORAL ASSAY""; ""RODENT BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""DROSOPHILA BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""NONHUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books and Review Articles"" ""A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURONS""""THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RIG""; ""CATEGORIES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RECORDINGS""; ""ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TISSUE PREPARATIONS""; ""MANIPULATING NEURAL ACTIVITY DURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Chapter 5 - Microscopy""; ""ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPY""; ""LIGHT MICROSCOPY""; ""FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY""; ""ELECTRON MICROSCOPY"" ""PREPARING AND INTERPRETING MICROSCOPY DATA""""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 6 - Visualizing Neural Structure""; ""TISSUE PREPARATION""; ""VISUALIZING MORPHOLOGY""; ""VISUALIZING GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION""; ""VISUALIZING CIRCUITRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites"" ""Chapter 7 - Visualizing Neural Function"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814114903321 |
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Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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