tailieunhanh - The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid

This timely and hugely practical work provides a score of examples from contemporary and historical scientific presentations to show clearly what makes an oral presentation effective. It considers presentations made to persuade an audience to adopt some course of action (such as funding a proposal) as well as presentations made to communicate information, and it considers these from four perspectives: speech, structure, visual aids, and delivery. It also discusses computer-based projections and slide shows as well as overhead projections. In particular, it looks at ways of organizing graphics and text in projected images and of using layout and design to. | The Craft of Scientific Presentations Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid Michael Alley With 41 Illustrations Michael Alley Mechanical Engineering Department Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061 USA alley@ Cover photographs Top Richard Feynman Nobel prize winner in physics lecturing on quantum mechanics courtesy of the Archives California Institute of Technology photo . In this photo Feynman demonstrates the value of communicating with gestures. Gestures and other aspects of delivery are discussed in Chapter 5. Bottom left Lightning demonstration at the Deutsches Museum in Munich Germany courtesy of the Deutsches Museum . In this demonstration a lightning bolt strikes a church that is not well grounded. Because the church is not well grounded a second stroke occurs between the church and a nearby house. Demonstrations and other visual aids are discussed in Chapter 4. Bottom right Poster presentation of capstone design projects at Pennsylvania State University courtesy of the Learning Factory Pennsylvania State University 2001 . The design of posters is discussed in Appendix B. Color versions of all slides in this book can be found at the following Web site http writing Ancillary information for this book can be found through the publisher s Web site http Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alley Michael. The craft of scientific presentations critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid Michael Alley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-387-95555-0 pbk. alk. paper 1. Communications in science. 2. Communication of technical information. 3. Lectures and lecturing. I. Title. 2003 808 .0665 dc21 2002030237 ISBN 0-387-95555-0 Printed on acid-free paper. 2003 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. .