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Don’t let Phd interfere with your research Urjit A Yajnik Research Scholars Forum, 5 March 2014 Wednesday 5 March 14

Core values PhD Research What makes the world tick Defining a topic What are the key questions Identify work elements one can ask Execution and report What tools will I need? Publicity Persuade peers Wednesday 5 March 14

Deductive vs Empirical History of electromagnetism Coulomb, Ampere, Faraday Maxwell Einstein Wednesday 5 March 14

Relevance Laughing gas Thermodynamics of light Roentgen rays Special Theory of Relativity Wednesday 5 March 14

Main points Connection between The need to continuously deductive and empirical retrain and reinvent research, yourself Relevance, Collaboration Funding, and intellectual property Wednesday 5 March 14

Madame curie’s laboratory Wednesday 5 March 14

A glimpse of the lab Wednesday 5 March 14

Radium makes a splash! Wednesday 5 March 14

X-ray machine for the war front Designed and made by Madame Curie, sent to the WWI front Refused to patent the discoveries in Radium -- science in the service of humanity Wednesday 5 March 14

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From Wikipedia : After a quick study of radiology, anatomy, and automotive mechanics she procured X-ray equipment, vehicles, auxiliary generators, and developed mobile radiography units, which came to be popularly known as petites Curies Wednesday 5 March 14

Ernest Rutherford Wednesday 5 March 14

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Calculating machine Wednesday 5 March 14

Einstein and Light Quanta --> Other slides Wednesday 5 March 14

Thank you! Wednesday 5 March 14